Nitish Kumar raised issue of caste census, Rahul kept mum: JD(U)JD(U) accused Rahul Gandhi of hypocrisy on caste census issues, pointing out his silence during INDIA bloc meetings and questioning the non...
19 Jan, 2025, 01.20 PM IST
Jharkhand announces plans for caste survey, similar to the one in BiharThe Jharkhand government, led by Chief Minister Champai Soren, has approved plans for a caste-based survey in the state, following the mode...
18 Feb, 2024, 12.40 PM IST
Bihar sees caste survey with hiked quotas for deprived castes in 2023The government helmed by the JD(U) leader, the state's longest-serving chief minister, completed an ambitious caste survey, surmounting leg...
20 Dec, 2023, 12.43 PM IST
Assembly polls: Caste is back to stir India's political pot as election cauldron bubblesThe caste survey demands have lately blown up in the wake of the Bihar findings. The BJP has held its ground so far despite growing calls f...
18 Nov, 2023, 10.57 PM IST
A third of Bihar families survive on Rs 200 or less a day, caste survey revealsParliamentary Affairs Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary tabled the findings of caste survey in the state assembly on Tuesday. It showed that m...
07 Nov, 2023, 08.19 PM IST
Bihar caste survey shows 34% of households in poverty, 46 lakh live outside state for livelihoodThe caste survey report presented in the Bihar state assembly today revealed that 34% of families in the state lived in poverty, with a mon...
07 Nov, 2023, 03.11 PM IST
Ajit Pawar backs Bihar-type caste survey in MaharashtraMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has expressed support for a caste census in the state, a move that puts the Bharatiya Janata P...
23 Oct, 2023, 11.39 PM IST
Caste census: The long and the short of new caste data and its politicsThe release of the caste-based socio-economic survey by the Bihar government has become a major political issue in India. The survey reveal...
05 Oct, 2023, 01.53 PM IST
How caste survey could prove to be oppn's masterstroke against Modi, BJPThe release of the Bihar caste survey is expected to impact national politics by triggering consolidation among backward and extremely back...
04 Oct, 2023, 04.20 PM IST
After Bihar, now Odisha plans to release OBC caste survey reportOdisha is set to release a survey report on backward classes, which sheds light on the status of 208 backward classes within the state. The...
04 Oct, 2023, 11.03 AM IST
Survey's socio-eco data to be placed in Bihar assembly: CM Nitish KumarThe second part of Bihar's caste survey, which contains socio-economic data of the population, will be presented in the Bihar assembly duri...
04 Oct, 2023, 12.04 AM IST
Mayawati demands caste survey in UP immediatelyMayawati, the chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party, has called for the state government to conduct a caste survey. She believes that this is th...
03 Oct, 2023, 04.20 PM IST
Bihar caste survey: What it means for BJP, Congress, JDU, RJD & how it will affect 2024 pollsTo navigate this challanging terrain, the BJP must employ astute political maneuvering. The party is studying the caste-based headcount and...
03 Oct, 2023, 12.21 PM IST
Centre changes stance after opposing Bihar caste surveyPara 5 of the affidavit said: "It is submitted that no other body under the Constitution or otherwise is entitled to conduct the exercise o...
29 Aug, 2023, 11.46 PM IST
Bihar caste survey: SC refuses to stay HC order, defers hearing till Aug 14Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has often insisted that the state is not conducting a caste census but only collecting information related to p...
07 Aug, 2023, 07.40 PM IST
Appeals in Supreme Court against HC order upholding Bihar caste surveyOn August 1, the Patna High court had found no illegality in the state’s decision to undertake a caste survey. Giving a green signal to the...
04 Aug, 2023, 12.45 AM IST
Supreme Court agrees to hear on April 28 plea against caste survey in BiharThe lawyer told the bench that the caste survey began on April 15 and is scheduled to end on May 15. The bench said it would post the matte...
21 Apr, 2023, 12.18 PM IST