The Narendra Modi government’s decision to include caste enumeration in the next Census is one that is bold, transformative and commendable. Counting caste is not capitulation to identity politics.

In Sabarkantha district, three siblings have been charged with fraudulently securing government jobs using forged Scheduled Tribe caste certificates. The two brothers and a sister, originally ...

Sapkal stated that the caste census is not merely a headcount exercise but a major step towards achieving social justice. He highlighted that in Maharashtra, the OBC population, previously ...

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In response to a petition in the Bombay High Court on the safety of married and unmarried inter-faith and inter-caste couples in Maharashtra and also the increasing cases of attacks on the couples ...

During the Parliamentary proceedings in 2013, Indian-origin Bhikhu Parekh, a Member of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom, remarked: “How do you define caste? Sociologists have tried for 200 ...

BBMP races to cover 24 lakh households for Caste Census in six days While the BBMP enumerators plan to visit every household in the city, the survey questionnaire is designed exclusively for ...

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“Already, this Court has held that caste cannot be a criterion in front of God," the Court said. The Court was hearing a petition filed by one Ela Pandiyarajan, who approached it alleging that people ...

New Delhi: The Modi government’s decision to include caste enumeration in the upcoming census exercise has opened up a pandora’s box within the BJP. While its upper-caste leaders have expressed ...

It was conducted at a time when the capacity of the census to deal with a complex social system like caste was questionable, especially in princely states, which accounted for more than one-third of ...

At the event, he called for a state-conducted caste survey and internal reservations for the Vanniyar community. Listen to Story Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader Anbumani Ramadoss (left) and founder ...