Caste Census
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Mapping land ownership as part of the caste census could uncover key patterns about power, resources
Land remains the most important asset for Indians, but at the same time, ownership is highly skewed by caste.
Sudheesh RC
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Jharkhand will conduct caste survey, says CM Champai Soren
The exercise will be conducted after the Lok Sabha elections, the principal secretary to the chief minister said.
Scroll Staff
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Caste census: Surveyors today are likely to face the same problems British enumerators did
The colonial administration struggled to make sense of shifting and fluid caste identities, occupations and even tried listing castes alphabetically.
Ayan Guha
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India’s latest GDP growth numbers are ‘mystifying’, says former chief economic advisor
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Supreme Court asks Bihar government to release break-up of caste survey data
The state government is implementing the report by increasing reservations, the petitioners say.
Scroll Staff
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Not against caste census, but it should not harm social harmony, says RSS
The Hindutva organisation made the statement a day after a senior office-bearer questioned the need for the exercise.
Scroll Staff
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Why the BJP has softened its stance on caste census
In some states, the party has outright backed the exercise. Meanwhile, in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, it is analysing the risks and benefits.
Abhik Deb
Video
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Watch: Major pipeline ruptured in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, sending jets of water in the air
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Caught on camera: Container ship hits and knocks down gantry cranes while docking at a Turkey port
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Watch: Temple in Kochi gets a mechanical elephant to perform prayer rituals
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Watch: Srinagar hosts Formula 4 car show on the roads around Dal Lake
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Watch: Scenes of damage after four coaches of a Sabarmati-Agra train were derailed in Ajmer
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BJP doesn’t oppose caste census, but wants wide consultations, says Amit Shah
The Congress has promised to hold the survey across the country if voted to power in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Scroll Staff
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Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar calls for caste census on lines of Bihar
The Nationalist Congress Party said that exercise must be conducted even if it costs ‘some thousand crores’.
Scroll Staff
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Why the Opposition’s support for a caste census falters in some states
In three states – Karnataka, West Bengal and Kerala – governments run by INDIA bloc parties are apprehensive of change in existing caste equations.
Abhik Deb
The Reel
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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’
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Caste census: Why the liberal intelligentsia’s opposition is misplaced
Why must the Indian state not have information about something as fundamental as caste, just as it collects data about region, language, religion, and gender?
Sharik Laliwala
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Congress says it will conduct nationwide caste census, implement women’s quota if voted to power
The party also said that it will remove the 50% cap on total reservation – which was put in place by a 1992 Supreme Court judgement.
Scroll Staff
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Congress promises caste surveys in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh if voted back to power
Party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that the Narendra Modi government only favours the rich and is silent on the subject of a caste census.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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