Kharge and Gandhi said they do not accept the caste census being conducted in the current manner and urged the government to ...

BJP’s caste census reversal may mark a shift from Hindu consolidation to governing caste through data, welfare and political ...

In the 1990s, the Anthropological Survey of India presented a book that summarized seven years of field research on the country’s most backward castes – the volume was titled “Scheduled Castes.” The ...

Identity and caste are common currency denominations in Uttar Pradesh—for the privileged as much as for caste-emancipatory politics. The government has now issued a directive that outlaws a central ...

The Caste Census 2027 could repeat the failures of the 2011 SECC unless OBC and General categories are properly enumerated.

The last eight decades have seen caste transmogrify into newer and more entrenched forms, regulating the lives of mns from accident of birth to moment of death ...

Mallikarjun Kharge is the president of India’s largest Opposition party, but the office he occupies does not seem to erase ...

Reservation has become deeply embedded in India’s social and political framework, making its complete abolition extremely ...

On October 2, the government of the eastern Indian state of Bihar released the report of a survey on the state’s population by caste – a traditional hierarchical division in Hindu society. The state ...

Jairam Ramesh says the questionnaire includes “micro questions” on religion and parents’ birth details, never asked in a ...

NEW DELHI: In a surprise decision, the Centre on Wednesday announced that the caste census will be included in the next national census exercise in a “transparent manner”. Making the announcement at a ...

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with population of nearly 220 million, goes to the polls from Feb. 11 to Mar. 8 in what will be the biggest democratic election in the world this year. Here's a look ...