Many feel that mobilising around caste grievances can be a necessary jolt to an indifferent society. Indeed, leaders from ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced the state cabinet's acceptance of Justice H N Nagamohan Das's recommendations ...

The proposal is so controversial because a caste census “forces the state to confront structural inequalities that are often politically and socially inconvenient,” said Poonam Muttreja ...

NEW DELHI — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous country. Information ...

India on Wednesday said it approved a plan to include caste data in the upcoming population census, indicating it is a step closer to an exercise that has been delayed for almost four years.

So, it came as a surprise when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration announced that caste would be counted in the upcoming national census for the first time since 1931 – when India ...

The controversy surrounding the Election Commission's Summary Integrated Revision (SIR) highlights the unrealistic ...

India will include caste details in its next census By The Associated Press (NPR) NEW DELHI May 2, 2025 7:10 a.m.