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More than 2 lakh employees and officers will be involved in door-to-door census. Photo AI source. In Rajasthan, all administrative units will be frozen for census from January 1. Along with this, there will be a ban on creation of new districts, subdivisions, tehsils, villages, wards and changes in their boundaries. . No change will…
Last Updated:June 25, 2025, 08:30 is The delisting of tribal converts from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Scheduled Caste (SC) categories has long been a core demand of the RSS-affiliated Vanvasi Kalyan Samiti (VKS) NFHS data and census trends show the religious demographic shifts in pockets, prompting legal responses. Representational pic/Reuters With the timeline and…
The Congress Party unveiled the second part of its manifesto for the upcoming Delhi elections, highlighting five key guarantees for the city’s residents. Party leader Jairam Ramesh emphasized the need for serious action on pollution, calling for a focus on “ease of breathing” rather than business. The manifesto promises to end contract jobs, introduce 33%…
Hyderabad: Caste discrimination in India is “unique” — probably among worst in world — and the Congress will demolish the “artificial barrier” of 50 per cent reservations, the party’s senior leader Rahul Gandhi said today. Mr Gandhi is in Telangana, which is becoming the second Congress-ruled state after Karnataka to undertake a caste census. The…
New Delhi: Amid the voices being raised in the favour of conducting a nationwide caste census from the Congress, party leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said that the caste system has been in our basic structure for centuries and we cannot escape this, hence Congress is demanding the conduct of a caste-based census. He further…
The minister also addressed the demand for a caste-based census, which has been a significant point of contention for OBC organisations. Save gave assurances that the government was seriously considering this demand, signalling a possible positive outcome soon. File pic/X One of the key takeaways from the meeting was the announcement by Save regarding the…
Rahul Gandhi said caste census is now an unstoppable idea. New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi raised the caste census issue during his US visit and said that the party will call for the scrapping of reservations only when “India is a fair place”. During an interaction with the students and the faculty of Georgetown…
The Supreme Court has issued a notice on RJD’s petition against the Patna High Court’s decision to stay the reservation quota of 65 percent in Bihar after the caste census. The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Bihar government, the central government and the petitioners. Source link [ad_3]
A caste census has been part of the opposition’s demand for several months (File). Thiruvananthapuram: A caste census – a major election issue and a repeat demand of the opposition, specifically the Congress-led INDIA bloc, and at least one of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s allies – is a “sensitive issue… to be dealt with…
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi today reiterated his demand for a caste census while claiming that the industrialists in the country lack representation from the SC, ST and tribal communities. He also said that 90 per cent of the people are sitting out of the system and thus the caste census is needed to give…