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Census 2027: Caste, Aadhaar, voter ID among 40 questions in Phase 2Census 2027 will record caste as declared by respondents for the first time. New questions include bank accounts and Covid-19 vaccination l...
Govt notifies 40-question Census 2027; caste to be recorded with SC/ST statusThe Registrar General of India has notified a 40-question schedule for Census 2027. This includes an open-ended caste question for all resp...
Census 2027 to collect mobile, Aadhaar, bank accounts, ID details alongside casteIndia's upcoming Census will gather extensive personal and financial details from all citizens. This includes bank accounts, mobile numbers...
PM, Shah must respond on reports of Chinese aggression in Arunachal Pradesh, loss of territory: Mallikarjun KhargeCongress leaders demand answers from Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Shah. They question reports of Chinese troops restricting Indian...
Serious doubts on intent: Congress attacks government on caste census issueThe government has notified forty questions for the upcoming Census. Caste details will be collected for the first time in the Census. Cong...
The nose theory: When the British measured the noses of IndiansBritish administrator Herbert Hope Risley used nose measurements and other physical traits to classify Indians by supposed race and caste. ...
SC refuses to entertain PIL questioning procedures to record caste of citizens in 2027 censusThe Supreme Court declined to entertain a PIL questioning the procedure for recording caste data in the 2027 census. However, the court urg...
Census 2027 to capture caste data; 33 parameters notifiedIn its notification, the RGI said the Centre has instructed all census officers to collect information on the notified items through the ho...
Project Caste Census move as victory of Rahul Gandhi-led campaign, AICC tells party unitsThe All India Congress Committee directs its units to promote the party's role in advocating for a caste census. Focus is on Rahul Gandhi's...
India’s first digital census. Modi’s database for Viksit BharatThe upcoming digital census in 2025, championed by Prime Minister Modi, aims to move beyond divisive caste politics and deliver accurate, r...
In Rajya Sabha, Kharge demands caste count without delayMallikarjun Kharge has demanded an immediate census, including a caste-based headcount, highlighting its importance for policy formulation ...
The census job: Time to roll up your sleevesDetailed caste enumeration, if undertaken in 2025, will provide data on group size, geographical distribution, gender composition, socio-ec...
Central govt to begin census from 2025The central government is set to resume the census next year after a four-year delay, with the previous census planned for 2021 postponed d...
Govt to conduct national census soon, announces Home Minister Amit ShahIndia is set to conduct its long-delayed national census, as announced by Interior Minister Amit Shah. The survey, initially scheduled for ...
Bihar to hold caste-based census soon; BJP on boardNitish Kumar said the exercise will be called 'caste-based census' in which details of all castes in all communities, along with their econ...
All-party delegation from Jharkhand led by CM Hemant Soren meets Amit Shah, demands caste censusEarlier, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that the caste census is the need of the hour, adding that it is pro-development and help p...
Government refrains from making caste data from the Socio-Economic Census publicThe govt parried all queries on caste data. The Rural development ministry said it was only concerned with the data on economic backwardnes...
- Socio-economic and caste census launched in Delhi
The socio-economic and caste census exercise was launched in the national capital with the enumeration of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
- Sharad Yadav castes doubt on govt
JD(U) leader says referring census to GoM a delaying tactic.
- Census was taken in time of flux, chief was sceptical of accuracy
The 1931 census, which formed the basis for the Mandal Commission’s recommendations on OBC quota as well as the UPA’s quota decision, had r...