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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
TopicCaste census

Topic: Caste census

BJP vs BJP battle in Constitution Club is a glimpse of widening fault lines—Mumbai to Lucknow

Tuesday’s Constitution Club election is not the finale of the ‘Thakur-versus-the rest’ battle in the BJP. Wait for the caste census result to come ahead of the next Lok Sabha election.

The history of Indian caste censuses is the history of Indian statecraft

By the 18th century, Maratha dominions and other Indian states had developed fairly detailed caste enumerations, used to regulate hierarchies and impose differential taxation and privileges.

Caste census without economic indicators is of little value, says Congress leader Sachin Pilot

Rahul Gandhi's pitch for a nation-wide caste census was always about carrying out an 'x-ray' of the country, rather than simply counting castes, asserts Congress senior leader.

Karnataka caste survey: What’s behind Congress high command’s call for a recount

The caste survey report was submitted to the state government last year, but it has not been made public, even though some portions have purportedly come out through leaks.

Sex ratio shocker in Bihar: A tale of two govt datasets

Central govt report pegs Bihar's sex ratio as India's lowest in 2022, at just 891 girls for every 1,000 boys, dropping since 2020. Bihar chief secy says caste census data more authentic.

Our take on Srinagar rail link, Ukraine’s drone strikes, census delays and more—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Modi says no caste in India then calls himself OBC: Rahul attacks PM citing caste census move

Rahul claimed BJP decided questions of caste census in a closed room, as opposed to Congress’s approach with 3 lakh people preparing questions in open meetings in Telangana.

SubscriberWrites: Shifting Grounds—the impact of deprived Scheduled Castes in Haryana’s 2024 assembly elections

In Haryana’s 2024 election, the sub-classification of SCs reshaped politics—deepening OSC–DSC divides and giving BJP a strategic edge among Deprived SCs.

On Camera

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India takes a relook at Russian Su-57, but not for its stealth. Here’s why

India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.