NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous country.

The Centre's nod to Caste Census comes just ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections and marks a major departure from the BJP's initial position. The Census is the national headcount, done every ten ...

On Wednesday, the Centre caught the Opposition and political pundits by surprise as it announced that the upcoming national census will include a caste-based survey. "Cabinet Committee on Political ...

In March, 2025, the Union home ministry had informed a parliamentary standing committee that the preparatory activities for the exercise have been completed. The decadal census is likely to begin ...

Hyderabad: Former chairman of the State Backward Classes Commission Vakulabharanam Krishna Mohan Rao has lauded the Centre’s recent decision to include caste enumeration in the forthcoming national ...

Hitting out at the Congress, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday blamed the party for historically opposing caste census and assured that the Centre will include a caste-based enumeration ...

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