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PM Modi has every intention of delaying caste census: CongressThe Congress party has criticized the government for not providing details on the caste census announced a year ago. Party leader Jairam Ra...
Women's Reservation Bill 2026: After 30 years, here's how India moves to reserve 33% seats for women in ParliamentParliament is considering a new law to bring 33 percent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies starting from the 2029 elec...
Census to begin Feb 2027, March 1 set as reference dateIndia's 16th Census is set for October 1, 2026, in snow-bound areas and March 1, 2027, elsewhere. The Home Ministry plans to issue a notifi...
Ahead of Budget, MHA caps census survey expenditureThe Union home ministry has cut the budget for Census Survey and Statistics. The Registrar General of India will still proceed with the del...
Congress seeks all-party meet to get clarity on whether census would include enumeration of castesCongress requests an all-party meeting to clarify if the upcoming Census will include a comprehensive caste enumeration and be utilized to ...
Why is PM Modi delaying Census that must include caste count: CongressThe Congress criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for delaying the Census, emphasizing that a caste count is vital for ensuring social, ...
Working-age Indian population rising; expected at around 64% in next census: SBI ResearchIndia's working-age population has been rising since 1971 and is projected to reach 64.4% in the upcoming Census, according to SBI Research...
SC refuses to entertain plea for caste census, says issue in domain of governanceThe Supreme Court has declined to entertain a plea calling for a socio-economic caste census, viewing it as a policy matter within the purv...
Govt can collect caste-wise data of OBCs by adding extra column in Census questionnaire: CongressThe Congress suggested that the government incorporate OBC caste data in the next Census by simply adding an additional column. The party n...
India to begin delayed census in Sept as Modi looks to plug data gaps, sources sayIndia is set to begin its long-delayed population census in September, aiming to complete the extensive survey in about 18 months. The cens...
Census, much more than a sensibilityThe census is crucial for many reasons. Data matters, especially in a country with a large and diverse population like India, several devel...
Delay in India's census hurting quality of survey reports, says officialIndia's once in a decade census was due to be completed in 2021 but was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Technical and logistical ...
The compelling reasons why government should conduct the census as soon as possibleFirst, some facts. The first synchronous decennial census of British India was conducted in 1881. Since then, this enormous task was carrie...
No plan to release 2011 caste census data: GovtUnion Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the SECC 2011, excluding the caste data, has been finalised and published by the Minist...
RJD's Tejashwi Yadav tries to unite Opposition on caste censusRJD leader Tejashwi Yadav wrote to 33 senior leaders of different political parties on Friday, asking them for their suggestions and inputs...
Caste count not till decadal census 2021 is completedPolitical parties have renewed the demand for a caste census and for the detailed data to be made public. However, the Modi government will...
Delayed due to COVID-19, Census work may begin this year: MHA tells par panelThe population enumeration was supposed to be carried out from February 9 to 28, 2021 with a revision round from March 1 to 5, 2021. This c...
Hit by Covid-19, Census-NPR may be pushed to next yearCensus 2021, as per current timelines, is to be held in two phases — Phase 1 covering houselisting and housing, to be conducted along with ...
Ministry of Home Affairs may delay Census, NPR if situation worsensThe first phase of Census and NPR is slated to be held from April to September. Many states are supposed to begin the process from April 1....
Odisha wants to conduct socio-economic caste enumeration with censusChief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the state would move the Centre for a socio-economic caste enumeration to be done either by inserting su...