Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw didn’t say when the census would begin when he announced it would include caste information Wednesday.

Announcing the decision, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the census comes under the purview of the Centre but some states have done caste enumeration in the name of surveys.

The next nationwide census will begin on March 1, 2027, with Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and Uttarakhand starting earlier in ...

A controversy has emerged over the omission of the word \"caste\" in the gazette notification for India's 16th census.

Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw didn't say when the census would begin when he announced it would include caste information Wednesday. He said the decision demonstrated New Delhi's ...

Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw didn’t say when the census would begin when he announced it would include caste information Wednesday. He said the decision demonstrated New Delhi’s ...

NEW DELHI (AP) -- 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.