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TopicCaste census

Topic: Caste census

Bihar caste census stay complicates it for other states. Onus is now on Modi govt to fix it

It is in Union government's hand to resolve the issue of caste-based affirmative action policies and provide a better understanding of India's demographic.

Patna HC stays Nitish govt’s caste survey, says state has ‘no power to carry out census’

HC was hearing pleas challenging Nitish Kumar govt’s decision to conduct caste-based survey in Bihar. It has directed state government to ensure data collected so far is preserved.

Caste census: Bihar govt allows transgender people to choose caste after row

The caste census questionnaire categorises castes into 214 different groups. Bihar government had earlier included transgenders as a caste category.

Hindutva’s most formidable opponent — caste census. Why didn’t Congress govts push for it?

The caste census could result in a significant shift in the existing power dynamics, political representation. BJP, Congress may not be willing to risk such a change.

No caste without code—Bihar is counting and writing a new identity politics

'Maatha pagal ho gaya hai' — Why Bihar's caste census is making everyone lose their mind.

Rahul Gandhi can drive Mandal 3, reverse social justice politics that BJP pushed to dead-end

Rahul Gandhi's Kolar speech wasn't a momentary reflex. Congress is looking to recover lost ground and be the favourite party of poor, Dalits, Adivasis, and Muslims again.

Karnataka, BJP’s OBC jibe, opposition unity — why Rahul Gandhi is talking about caste census

At three rallies in poll-bound Karnataka this week, the Congress leader brought up caste census, which was also discussed at party's Udaipur 'Nav Sankalp Shivir' & Raipur plenary.

‘Discriminatory’: Activist questions inclusion of ‘transgender’ as category in Bihar caste census, moves HC

Petition submitted in Patna High Court says allocating a code to transgender people alongside caste categories is a violation of their fundamental rights under Constitution.

On Day 1 of Congress’s Raipur plenary, Kharge calls for nationwide caste census

The party president was addressing the subject committee, which had convened to discuss six resolutions that will be tabled to the plenary over the next two days.

UP aspires to be ‘Uttam Pradesh’, not Bihar: Minister Surya Pratap Shahi on caste census demand

Responding to SP MLA on whether Uttar Pradesh will conduct Bihar-like caste census, the state agriculture minister said his government doesn't want to put state 'in reverse gear'.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.