Caste Census

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (PTI File Image)

Congress will do 'X-ray' of country through caste census: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi criticises BJP's financial ties, advocates for caste-based census in India.

13 May 2024 12:08 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and political theorist Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd during the 'Samajik Nyay Sammelan' at Jawahar Bhavan, in New Delhi, Wednesday. (PTI)

Modi scared of ‘X-ray’ of caste census: Rahul

Rahul: No force can stop it, if Congress forms govt

25 Apr 2024 1:53 AM

Ajit Pawar faction supports caste-based census

Pawar made it clear that he has “not left his ideologies” after joining hands with the BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena

23 Apr 2024 1:06 AM

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi addresses a public meeting during the 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', in Ranchi, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Rahul: Will lift 50% quota limit if I.N.D.I.A. wins

Gandhi strongly criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of inconsistency

06 Feb 2024 1:07 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi speaks during a public meeting ahead of Rajasthan Assembly elections, at Rajakhera in Dholpur district, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Caste Census in Rajasthan if Congress Re-elected: Rahul Gandhi

Priyanka slams Modi for not visiting Manipur

23 Nov 2023 1:47 AM

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (PTI file photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Caste census to hide Nitish record? Let’s rethink quotas

The unfortunate truth is that increasingly reservations have become a substitute for administrative competence and good governance.

11 Nov 2023 11:45 PM

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar made a clarion call for raising the bar on quota, currently pegged at 50 per cent by a Supreme Court diktat but breached in states like Tamil Nadu and Telangana. (File Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | It’s time for a consensus on national caste census

The fear is that there can be no limit on reservation once the ceiling is lifted

09 Nov 2023 12:00 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot during a press conference, in New Delhi, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

AA Edit | Caste census to address inequity

Bihar case census found out that 84 per cent of its population belongs to the backwards classes.

11 Oct 2023 12:59 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses during a public meeting, in Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Rahul in MP: BJP for godse, Congress is for Gandhi

Gandhi described the contest between the two parties as the battle of the ideologies of Gandhi and Godse

01 Oct 2023 2:32 AM

Mr Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the topic, Mr Gandhi has demanded that the government make the 2011 data on castes public and lift the 50 per cent cap on reservation for the backwards classes. (File Photo: PTI)

AA EDIT | Caste census 1st milestone in battle for social justice

The Opposition demand has merit in that India’s data on castes is almost 90 years old

19 Apr 2023 12:42 AM

Enumerator staff prepare to record data during the first phase of much-hyped caste-based census in Bihar state, in Patna, Saturday, Jan 7, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Nitish's ambitious survey of castes begins in Bihar

The survey would cover an estimated population of 12.70 crores in more than 2.58-crore households across the state

08 Jan 2023 7:11 AM

Shikha Mukerjee | Caste census and quotas: It’s a political minefield

The Congress agreed to a caste census and then ended up by substituting it with the Socio-Economic and Caste Census in 2011

27 Aug 2021 1:20 AM

Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya (Photo: PTI)

Longer wait for caste census information

Data may not be released in present form over fears of opening Pandora’s Box.

30 Jan 2017 6:52 AM

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