Caste enumeration will be included in the upcoming national census. Union Minister Ashwini ... over 63 per cent of the population of which comes from Extremely Backward or Backward classes.

Caste census will be included in the next population census, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday during a cabinet briefing. “According to Constitution of India, Census is a Union ...

Bihar's caste survey in 2023 revealed that OBCs and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) constituted over 63 per cent of the state's population. Why does caste census matter? A caste census is more ...

The cabinet committee of political affairs (CCPA) on Wednesday decided that a caste-based enumeration will be part of the upcoming decadal census, a decision hailed by the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

Shutterstock New Delhi: The Indian government announced on Wednesday that the caste census will be conducted along with the next population census, an exercise undertaken at the central level.

NEW DELHI, April 30 (Reuters) - India's cabinet approved the inclusion of citizens' caste details in its population census on Wednesday, the information minister said, seeking to gain the ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical to Indian life and politics. There are hundreds of ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California ’s population climbed above 39.5 million in 2024, marking the ...

NEW DELHI – India will include caste details in its next population census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous country.

The next once-in-a-decade population survey was originally due in 2021, but has been delayed mainly by the COVID-19 pandemic and logistical hurdles. The last official census in 2011 counted 1.21 ...

The Congress and the opposition INDIA bloc had made caste census a major poll plank in the previous elections, with Rahul Gandhi promising representation to people based on their population. The ...

California ’s population climbed above 39.5 million in 2024, marking the second year of growth following a string of declines ...