The Union Government has finally yielded to the demands of various pressure groups for conducting a caste census side by side ...

India will conduct its first official caste census since independence, the government announced on Wednesday, a move likely to have far-reaching consequences for its politics and contentious ...

Now, the government wants to know more about how the caste system is playing out in modern-day India ... Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government confirmed the plan, with spokesperson Ashwini ...

The proposal for caste census was approved in the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs. As soon as IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav gave information about this decision, the political ...

"The Cabinet Committee of Political Affairs has decided today that caste enumeration should be included in the forthcoming census," government spokesman Ashwini Vaishnav told reporters.

The proposal for caste census was approved in the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs. As soon as IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav gave information about this decision, the political ...