By Anil Kumar Hyderabad: The purpose of a caste census is not merely confined to the reservation issue, but it could actually bring to the fore a larger number of issues, such as information on people who are deprived or the kind of occupations they pursue, which in turn will allow policy makers to prepare […]
Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao has demanded the Centre to immediately take measures to conduct the caste census in the country. Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan here on Wednesday, Hanumantha Rao stated that the lack of data had led to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) not getting their due in reservations […]
The NDA government’s ambivalence on the caste census has been exposed by its ally Janata Dal (United) with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar deciding to go ahead with the exercise which is essential to fine-tune the reservation policy. Though the Constitution doesn’t explicitly allow the States to conduct a census, it must be pointed out […]
Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Wednesday demanded that the union government take up a nation-wide caste census and revise the reservations for various castes accordingly. The party moved a motion for suspension of rules to discuss caste census in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in this regard, reminding that the BJP government at […]
Hyderabad: Extending his support to caste-based Census, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao demanded that the Central government implement reservations based on population ratio. The State Assembly will pass a resolution in favour of caste-based Census and send it to the Centre for necessary action, he said. Responding to the questions raised by BJP MLA M […]
