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Digital First: Over 5.72 lakh households embrace self-enumeration as Census 2027 gains momentumThe landscape of data collection in India is evolving with the first digital census showing remarkable engagement. A staggering 5.72 lakh h...
India begins its first digital census in 16 years and this time there's a big differenceIndia begins Census 2027 on April 1, 2026. This nationwide count is the first in 16 years and will be fully digital, using smartphones and ...
Caste enumeration to be part of Census 2027: MHAThe Union Home Ministry has clarified that the Census 2027 will include caste enumeration, refuting claims that the gazette notification om...
Gazette notification on census 'damp squib'; silent on inclusion of caste: CongressCongress has termed the 16th census notification a 'damp squib'. The party questions the absence of caste inclusion details. Jairam Ramesh ...
Caste Census: Cabinet to meet again on May 2 in Bengaluru, discussion inconclusive amid stiff oppositionThe Karnataka Cabinet's special meeting on the caste census report concluded without a decision due to ministers' concerns over caste-wise ...
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...
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...
Tamil Nadu assembly adopts resolution for Centre to take up caste-wise censusThe Tamil Nadu assembly passed a resolution urging the Centre to conduct a caste-based census, along with the pending population census sin...
Andhra govt to begin BC caste census around Nov 15: MinisterThe Andhra Pradesh government is set to start a caste census for Backward Classes communities from November 15. The census aims to better s...
Barring STs, SCs, no caste Census since independence, says govtUnion Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said some political parties and a few organisations have requested to collect caste details ...
No plan to collect caste data during census: Nityanand RaiPolitical parties, including BJP allies, have been demanding collection of caste data for empirical evidence on the total population of Oth...
No caste census other than SCs, STs: GovtUnion Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said that according to the provisions of the Constitution, the seats are reserved for S...
SC issues notice on plea seeking caste-based census required to provide adequate OBC reservationsThe proforma for the 2021 census has been announced, the petition said. It has 32 columns, which seek details of SCs, STs and religions suc...
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.
Caste-based census important to ensure social justice: DMK president M Karunanidhi"Though the Supreme Court has given the order based on present legal provisions, caste-based census is very important to implement social j...
SC sets aside Madras HC order on caste-wise censusThe apex court said that while passing the order in 2010, the HC had travelled beyond the matter in dispute before it which is legally impe...
- Madras HC rules in favour of caste-based 2011 census
In a development that could provide legitimacy to the demand for caste-based census, the Madras High Court has issued a fresh direction to ...