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Thursday, July 31, 2025
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Topic: Census

What if Aadhaar, passport, voter ID, etc could all be one card? Amit Shah floats idea

Home Minister Amit Shah said there was potential in the idea that various identity cards such as one's passport and driving licencw could be clubbed in a single multi-purpose card.

Census 2021 will be paperless as Modi govt develops data collection app

Enumerators can download the app on their Android devices and feed in the data directly. Govt says efforts have been made to ensure security of information.

The golden era of caste politics is still ahead of us

Big data will revolutionise Mandal politics, making caste politics realise its true potential in the decades to come.

Caste to be kept out of Modi govt’s pilot Socio-Economic Caste Census this year

The Socio-Economic Caste Census, conducted in 2011, sought to identify poverty through a multi-dimensional lens. Its pilot is scheduled to begin on 2 October.

What Amit Shah’s ‘plan for delimitation’ means for J&K and why it’s being opposed

The central government is not authorised to carry out delimitation in the state without amending the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir.

From Congress to BJP, everybody is afraid of OBC data

Without fresh OBC data, caste issues are resolved through muscle power.

Census 2021 must ask every Indian their caste, not just OBCs

Let’s see how many say ‘no caste’.

Supreme Court should focus on public good, not its authority

The 50-word Edit — ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly. It is unbecoming of the Supreme Court to reprimand NRC & census officials for talking...

15th Finance Commission has a new headache: States want more funds from Modi govt

States want their share of funds from central pool to be raised to 50% from 42%.

There’s no accurate data on Other Backward Classes. 2021 census should start counting

During the past month, a state-wide rally and a conference have been organised in Maharashtra to mobilise OBCs over the issue of caste census.

On Camera

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.