For first time since 1911, denotified tribes to be enumerated in census 2027For the first time since 1911, India's upcoming 2027 Census will include denotified tribes, aiming to elevate these historically marginaliz...
18 Dec, 2025, 12.25 AM IST
Far-right Reform UK, far-left Green Party support on rise among British Indians, finds censusBritish Indian voters are shifting towards political extremes. Support for Reform UK and the Green Party has surged. Labour and Conservativ...
11 Dec, 2025, 09.30 AM IST
Caste enumeration in census exercise: No need to tweak law, say officialsThe Census Act of 1948 permits caste data collection. Previous British India censuses included all castes. Independent India stopped this, ...
11 May, 2025, 01.23 PM IST
Telangana first state to conduct caste survey based on Rahul Gandhi's vision: Revanth ReddyTelangana's Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy hailed the Centre's decision to include caste enumeration in the national census, crediting Rahu...
30 Apr, 2025, 07.44 PM IST
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...
02 Nov, 2024, 12.09 AM IST
Indian population: The final censusIndia's census, crucial for policy formulation, has been delayed since 2021 due to the pandemic. The government is urged to create a centra...
21 Sep, 2024, 11.04 AM IST
BJP cites past Congress govts' stand on caste census to accuse Rahul Gandhi of hypocrisyCongress leader and then Union minister Ajay Maken had written in 2010 to then Rajya Sabha MP Ali Anwar that a decision to "discourage comm...
19 Apr, 2023, 05.08 PM IST
After Congress seeks caste census, BJP points to UPA government stanceCongress-led UPA government had conducted caste census in 2011. However, BJP sources who refused to be named said the then government did n...
19 Apr, 2023, 12.21 AM IST
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...
15 Sep, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
View: Even Ambedkar might have faced jail under new UP lawToday, Ambedkar might have landed in jail for his actions. The Uttar Pradesh government’s recent ordinance on conversion states: ‘For mass ...
20 Dec, 2020, 11.22 AM IST
UK-based diaspora group to conduct 1st-ever British Indian CensusThe survey, available online from the Indian League website, intends to explore the diversity of heritage, identity, beliefs and behaviour ...
23 Jul, 2020, 05.37 PM IST
British Sikh group begins legal action over UK censusAfter what it says is a "disappointing final reply", the group has decided to proceed with its legal action in the UK High Court.
19 Jul, 2019, 07.43 PM IST
Narendra Modi govt to conduct caste-wise census in 2021: Bihar Deputy CMSushil Modi asked the Congress party, which ruled over 45 years at the Centre, as why it did not carry out caste wise census after 1931.
23 Jan, 2019, 09.19 PM IST
British Sikhs to get ethnicity status in 2021 census: ReportLast year, over 100 British MPs, including Indian-origin lawmakers, had asked the authority to include Sikh as a separate ethnic box for th...
23 Jul, 2018, 01.45 PM IST
Indian diaspora largest ethnic group in the UK: CensusCensus revealed that immigrant population of England & Wales went up by nearly 3mn over the past decade to 7.5mn.
17 Dec, 2012, 06.03 PM IST
Indians account for highest immigration into the UK; Polish influx up tenfoldIndians accounted for the highest immigration into the UK of any ethnic group during the decade to end-2011, beating the Irish.
13 Dec, 2012, 01.44 AM IST
- Brit Indians 'largest ethnic minority group in UK': Report
Indians are expected to rank as the largest ethnic minority group in the UK, in the latest results from the 2011 census, according to a med...
10 Dec, 2012, 04.52 PM IST