"caste-census"

People are also refusing to share information and are asking the enumerators to leave their house as they have no faith in the survey being conducted by the State government.

The Vishwabrahamana community was omitted from the caste list in the census, despite its members working as goldsmiths, carpenters, blacksmiths, shilpis, and kamshalis. While their occupations are listed, the community name itself is missing, leading to widespread frustration among its members.

Though estimates suggest that about 15 lakh people from Telangana migrated to various Gulf countries in the search of employment, neither the government nor any other organization working on migrant labourers have exact statistics on Gulf migrations.

In a video shared by former MLA Kalvakuntla Vidyasagar Rao on X, Revanth Reddy, when he was a TDP leader, is seen questioning the government about security of details shared by people

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Maheshwar Reddy criticized the Congress Party for failing to fulfill any of the 21 promises made to the BC community in Kamareddy during the assembly elections. He stated, "We are not opposed to the Caste Census, but we strongly object to Congress using it for political gain. The Caste Census is being conducted solely for political advantage and nothing more," he alleged.

We do not want a bureaucratic caste census. We don’t want some bureaucrats sitting in some corner somewhere and deciding the questions that caste census will ask. In fact, this will be an insult to the people of India,” he said.

Rahul Gandhi's recent visit to Hyderabad and interactions with Congress leaders indicate a widening gap between the Congress high command and Telangana CM, A Revanth Reddy, amid internal party tensions

Chairman along with commission members accepted representations from various BC communities, organisations, political parties and others as part of a public hearing held at collectorate auditorium

This is applicable to the government, local body and aided primary schools as teachers from these schools are set to hold caste census for a period of three weeks.

Ethnography seeks to understand reality from the native point of view, offering a more nuanced understanding of social dynamics

Says over 10 crore Indians being denied benefits under National Food Security Act because still 2011 Census enumeration is being used

Speaking at the 'Samvidhan Samman Sammelan' here, he also said the Congress and the INDIA bloc will ensure passage of laws to remove this 50 per cent limit

We will announce it very soon, says Shah said in response to a question on conducting decadal census of Indian population which got delayed due to Covid-19 pandemic

In an open letter to Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Krishnaiah urged him to ensure that Telangana government implements 42 percent reservations for the Backward Classes in the upcoming Panchayat Raj institutions elections.

He told them to have coordination and to prevent the menace. He directed them to set up check posts to check the illegal transportation of cattle.

On Monday, the commission held a meeting with experts, sociologists, caste leaders, peoples' organisations and NGOs to prepare the modalities to conduct the Census.

Fact is that the State government had announced a caste census, and was yet to conduct it, while the Election Commission of India had issued orders to defer the Rythu Bharosa payments till the polls on May 13.

Rahul Gandhi said the Congress' slogan is "count" because that would be the first step towards justice.

The Bahujan Intellectual Assembly has urged the State government to include the details of nomadic, semi-nomadic, denotified tribes and homeless people in the proposed Caste Census.

The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Friday passed a resolution to take up a comprehensive door-to-door household caste survey in the state so as to plan and implement various plans for the progress of the backward classes, SC and ST citizens and other weaker sections.