New Delhi: All castes were enumerated during census exercises carried out in British India between 1881 and 1931, but at the time of the first census of independent India in 1951, the then government ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A census official collects information from a household in Bonda, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, during the 2011 national ...
Supreme Court affirms the government's right to include caste census in 2027 for identifying backward communities needing ...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous country. Information ...
The Self-Enumeration exercise will run from May 7 to May 21 followed by the Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) from May 22 to June 20, officials said.
Top court says caste census is a policy decision and the government has the right to identify backward communities for ...
In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following the Centre’s decision to conduct caste enumeration, Bihar’s leader of the Opposition, Tejashwi Yadav has demanded reservations in ...
(CNN) — For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. (CNN) — For ...