Bhutan to give cash incentives to families for more babiesBhutan is facing a population decline and is introducing financial incentives for families. Starting June 4, 2026, parents will receive mon...
05 Jun, 2026, 03.18 PM IST
India's informal job generation marked key milestone in January-March 2026India's informal sector employment has surged past 15 crore for the first time during January-March. This marks a significant 15% increase ...
22 May, 2026, 03.47 PM IST
CUET has increased diversity at Delhi University: VC Yogesh SinghDelhi University's Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh champions the CUET for fostering diversity and equal opportunity. He also details the ongoi...
14 May, 2026, 04.26 PM IST
Census 2027 to be India's first digital enumeration exerciseIndia is gearing up for Census 2027, the nation's 16th census. This massive undertaking will be the world's largest, featuring digital inte...
25 Apr, 2026, 12.45 PM IST
Climate-resilient farming in the age of extremesAs extreme weather events become more frequent and less predictable, the future of Indian agriculture will depend on how effectively it com...
25 Apr, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
Telangana caste survey finds 89,000 child labourers; majority from SC, ST communitiesA recent Telangana caste survey found 89,000 children under 18 working daily. SC Madigas and ST Lambadis form a significant portion. The su...
17 Apr, 2026, 01.26 PM IST
Census: Self-enumeration in Delhi from April 1; Phase 2 to cover fertility, migration dataCensus 2027 data collection begins soon. Individual information remains confidential under law. The census will be conducted digitally in t...
02 Apr, 2026, 09.11 PM IST
Census 2027 to be India’s first fully digital enumeration; datasets likely within the year, says RGICensus 2027 promises faster data release with digital capture. This will be India's first fully digital population count. Citizens are urge...
31 Mar, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
Survey's socio-eco data to be placed in Bihar assembly: CM Nitish KumarThe second part of Bihar's caste survey, which contains socio-economic data of the population, will be presented in the Bihar assembly duri...
04 Oct, 2023, 12.04 AM IST
Make caste census public, says Union Minister Ramdas AthawaleAthawale, the founder of the Republican Party of India (A), an NDA ally, has said he would take up this demand with Prime Minister Modi.
04 Apr, 2018, 07.44 AM IST
Socio Economic and Caste Census data may be used for finding right beneficiariesThe move is in line with the recommendations of a committee formed to study validity and efficiency of the SECC 2011 data in identifying th...
06 Aug, 2017, 11.31 PM IST
Government to use SECC data for effectiveness of welfare schemesMinistry of Rural Development has published data for rural areas and decided to use SECC, 2011 data for selecting beneficiaries under its p...
06 Feb, 2017, 04.46 PM IST
Baseline data on socio-economic indices in a month: Niti AayogThe Aayog has consulted different states and they are very keen to find out the level of improvement in their performances across various s...
23 Sep, 2016, 06.06 PM IST
Socio Economic and Caste Census data unreliable or incomplete: ExpertsCommissioned by the UPA in 2011, the SECC was meant to record caste, urban poverty and rural poverty, only the last of which has been relea...
20 Jul, 2015, 05.33 AM IST
Socio Economic and Caste Census: CPI demands release of caste-based dataThe Centre has refrained from releasing caste-based data in its first SECC released in eight decades and maintained it was concerned with e...
16 Jul, 2015, 03.16 PM IST
Congress favours release of caste-based data of Socio-Economic CensusCongress favoured releasing caste-based data carried in SECC but advocated caution while doing so in view of social and political sensitivi...
04 Jul, 2015, 02.32 PM IST
Telangana to collect socio-economic data of its citizens to ensure right beneficiariesThe move by TRS is seen as an attempt to hurt interests of settlers from Rayalaseema & coastal AP & deny them benefit of welfare schemes.
08 Aug, 2014, 01.09 PM IST