The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste ...

Investigating caste issues is crucial for understanding India's socioeconomic dynamics and addressing systemic inequalities.

More than two-thirds of country’s 1.4 billion people estimated to be on lower rungs of archaic social hierarchy that grades Hindus by birth ...

With the Centre giving the nod to include caste data in the upcoming population census, the long-standing debate over a caste ...

The rules governing the structure are set out in Manusmriti ... Despite being outlawed in 1950, India's caste system continues to dictate almost every aspect of Hindu religious and social life. But ...

India's current policy caps quotas at 50%, with 27% reserved for OBCs. Sponsor Message Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical to Indian life and politics.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has in the past opposed the idea of counting people by caste, saying it would deepen social divisions in the country.

India’s caste system has roots in Hindu scriptures, and historically sorted the population into a hierarchy that defined people’s occupations, where they can live and who they can marry based ...

(CNN) — For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling.