A caste census could pave the way for fair and targeted policies, equitable resource allocation and meaningful affirmative ...

The hierarchical identity system continues to divide the nation of 1.4 billion people almost 100 years after calls for its ...

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

India's caste system is 3,000 years old and continues to determine the opportunities that most of the country's 1.4 billion people have, from work to marriage.

In the run up to 2024 elections Rahul Gandhi in particular talked of the need for caste census. This was supported by many opposition leaders. Congress ruled states and NDA ruled Bihar also ...

A caste census will lead to demands for reservations in jobs and education proportional to the population share. Hindu upper castes are anxious that their share will shrink.

On April 30, the Indian government announced a decision that will reverberate through the nation's social fabric for ...

The heated debates surrounding India’s caste census often get trapped in binary narratives ... allowing their classification system to evolve as disadvantages shift across generations. The debate ...

Besides, in Bihar, politics has been centred on caste quota for so long—starting way back with Karpoori Thakur government’s layered reservation system ... the caste census when it’s so comfortably ...

There are two issues that are most discussed at present in the country. First is how will India take revenge for the Pahalgam ...

The proposed caste census to be conducted under the Census ... said there should be some system for authenticating the data as the census needed to accurately capture the social and economic ...

Confidentiality clauses in Census data The Indian Census is governed by ... this information within a codified national caste classification system -- beyond the recognised SC, ST, and Other ...