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 caste survey break-up be put in public domain so inferences drawn can be challenged: SCThe Supreme Court has requested the Bihar government to release the break-up of caste survey data in the public domain, allowing those affe...
02 Jan, 2024, 05.10 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
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
After Bihar, caste survey clamour moves to other statesSeveral states in India, including Rajasthan, Odisha, Maharashtra, Assam, and Karnataka, are planning or conducting caste surveys. The Raja...
09 Oct, 2023, 06.22 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
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
No SC stay on Bihar caste surveyThe Supreme Court of India has declined a request to order status quo on a caste survey in Bihar, which had been challenged by appeals argu...
07 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
SC refuses to stay Patna HC order halting caste survey in BiharIn an appeal filed before the top court against the May 4 order of the high court, the Bihar government had said the stay will adversely af...
18 May, 2023, 02.36 PM IST
Bihar government moves Supreme Court against Patna HC stay on caste surveyArticle 15 of the Constitution says the State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, pla...
11 May, 2023, 08.01 PM 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