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India will include caste details in its next census
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FILE -Mahesh Shah, left, stands as his family members look while census worker Rumima Das, writes the information on a paper on the first day of the national census at Ramsingh Chapori village, east of Gauhati, India, April 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
By RAJESH ROY and SHEIKH SAALIQ, Associated Press
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.
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 commitment to the “values and interests of the society and country.
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The count is likely lead to demands to raise the country’s quotas that reserve government jobs, college admissions and elected offices for some categories of castes, especially for a swathe of lower and intermediate castes that are recognized as Other Backward Classes. India’s current policy caps quotas at 50%, with 27% reserved for OBCs.
Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical to Indian life and politics. There are hundreds of caste groups based on occupation and economic status across India, particularly among Hindus, but the country has limited, or outdated data on how many people belong to them.
Successive Indian governments have resisted updating caste data, arguing that it could lead to social unrest. But its supporters say detailed demographic information is necessary to properly implementing India’s many social justice programs.
Colonial ruler Britain began an Indian census in 1872 and counted all castes until 1931. However, independent India since 1951 only counted Dalits and Adivasis, who are referred to as scheduled castes and tribes, respectively. Everyone else’s caste was marked as general.
The next once-in-a-decade population survey was originally due in 2021, but has been delayed mainly by the COVID-19 pandemic and logistical hurdles. The last official census in 2011 counted 1.21 billion people, of which 2011 million were scheduled castes and 104 million were scheduled tribes.
India surpassed China to become the most populous country in April 2023 with an estimated 1.425 billion people, according to the U.N.’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
The announcement on the census comes months ahead of a crucial election in India’s poorest state of Bihar, where caste is a key issue. Modi’s party runs a coalition government in Bihar.
The opposition and Modi’s partners have pressed the government to count caste in a new census. Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has in the past opposed the idea of counting people by caste, saying it would deepen social divisions in the country.
Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi of the Congress Party wrote on X that “It is clear that the pressure we put on the government for Caste Census has worked."
Two Indian states, northern Bihar and southern Karnataka, have already released caste surveys, both showing a higher number of backward castes and prompting demands to raise quotas.
Two southern states, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, are also planning to undertake similar surveys.
Vaishnaw said including caste details in the national census would improve transparency, while adding that some states ruled by opposition parties have done their own caste surveys for political gain.
Fortunes of many of these political parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, depend on alliance of castes, particularly those in the OBC category.
On Wednesday, Amit Shah, India’s powerful home minister, called the move “historic” and said it “will empower all economically and socially backward sections.”
Why has no action been taken yet after vandalisation of Ambedkar’s statue: MP HC to police
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May 01, 2025 05:01 PM IST
Why has no action been taken yet after vandalisation of Ambedkar’s statue: MP HC to police
Jabalpur, The Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought an explanation from the police why no action has been taken after a statue of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar was vandalised in the Seoni district over two months ago.
Why has no action been taken yet after vandalisation of Ambedkar’s statue: MP HC to police
A division bench of Chief Justice SK Kait and Justice Vivek Jain also issued notices to the Seoni collector and the state government seeking their replies in connection with the incident.
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The court was hearing a public interest litigation , which has alleged that nobody has been arrested after a statue of Dr Ambedkar, the iconic social reformer and chief architect of the Constitution, was damaged on February 10.
“An affidavit signed by the respondents – Superintendent of Police, Seoni, and the Station House Officer of Police Station Dhuma, Seoni – shall be filed indicating why action has not been taken,” the bench ordered.
The court has listed the case for hearing on May 7. The affidavits would need to be filed by then.
“It is made clear that if action has already been taken, the affidavit shall be filed by the Station House Officer of Police Station, Dhuma, to that effect,” the court added.
According to the PIL, filed by Seoni resident Jitendra Ahirwar, an FIR was registered against unidentified persons on the night of February 10, after the statue was vandalised, but no action was taken, his counsel Dinesh Upadhyay told the court.
Instead of apprehending those behind the crime, the police allegedly moved the damaged statue to an unknown location and installed a new one in its place, he contended.
Over two months have passed, but the police have not arrested a single person, he said.
The court has served notices to the Seoni collector, superintendent of police, Dhuma station house officer and the state government on the PIL, Upadhyay said.
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Supreme Court Upholds Dalit Research Scholar's Suspension From TISS
A bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan reduced the period of suspension of the PhD scholar from two years to the period undergone till Friday.
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A TISS empowered committee suspended Ramadas in 2024.
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The top court upheld TISS' decision to suspend the student.
The suspension period was reduced from two years to time already served.
Ramadas faced suspension for alleged misconduct and participation in protests.
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The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a decision of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) suspending Dalit PhD scholar Ramadas KS for his alleged misconduct and anti-national activities but relaxed it to the period already undergone.
A bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan reduced the period of suspension of the PhD scholar from two years to the period undergone till Friday.
A TISS empowered committee on April 17, 2024 suspended Ramadas from the institute for two years and debarred his entry across all its campuses.
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The bench noted the submissions of advocate Rajeev Kumar Panday, appearing for TISS, and perused the documents which prompted the committee to suspend the scholar for two years.
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The bench, which did not set aside the order of suspension, took note of the fact that Ramadas was doing his PhD from the institution and should be allowed to conclude it.
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Panday referred to the records and alleged misconduct of the research scholar to argue that the Bombay High Court was correct in not interfering with the suspension.
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The empowered committee decided against Ramadas, represented by senior advocate S Muralidhar, and found him in breach of the honour code, rules and regulation of TISS and banned him for two years.
The Bombay High Court on March 12 dismissed Ramadas' plea challenging his suspension by TISS following which he moved the top court.
The scholar was suspended for his participation in a demonstration at Delhi's Jantar Mantar and for organising the screening of a documentary about the Ayodhya dispute.
The TISS alleged he broke its rules by participating in "politically motivated protests" despite being supported by Central government-funded scholarships for scheduled caste students.
"In the ...facts and circumstances, having ourselves considered the material on record, we do not find that the impugned committee report suspending the petitioner for two years, suffers from any perversity or illegality. The impugned report and consequent action of suspension are based on material available on record and it is proportionate. We find that this is not a fit case to interfere. There is no merit in the petition and the same is dismissed," the Bombay High Court had said.
Ramadas first enrolled at TISS in 2015, for a Master's degree in Media and Cultural Studies, and was also awarded a scholarship by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
In 2017, he enrolled in the integrated MPhil and PhD programme in Development Studies, but deferred admission for a year and joined in 2018.
He successfully finished his MPhil degree in 2021.
On February 8, 2023, he was awarded a national fellowship for scheduled caste students on the basis of his performance in the UGC-NET examination.
Dharmendra Pradhan said reservations exist today because of leaders like Ambedkar and Gandhi, claiming Nehru was strongly opposed to caste-based quotas.
A day after the Union Cabinet approved the inclusion of caste census in the upcoming national census, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched a sharp attack on the Congress, accusing it of historical opposition to social justice and caste-based reservations.
Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan.(PTI )
“When this decision was taken yesterday, some people were visibly agitated. They were saying ‘the government is theirs, but the system is ours.’ Now that the issue is finally being addressed, there should be an open discussion. The country deserves to know the truth. Who was in power in 1951? Who controlled the system then?” Pradhan asked while addressing a press conference on Thursday.
Pradhan said reservations exist today because of leaders like Ambedkar and Gandhi, claiming Nehru was strongly opposed to caste-based quotas.
“Jawaharlal Nehru’s thinking was well known. Had it not been for Babasaheb (BR Ambedkar) and Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi), had there been no concern for social sensitivity, had the Constituent Assembly not been consulted, there would be no reservations in the country today, because Nehru was staunchly opposed to caste-based reservation,” Pradhan added.
Pradhan said that the Janata government established the Mandal Commission in 1977 to promote social justice, adding, at that time, Jana Sangh, the BJP’s predecessor, was a part of the Janata Party, and prominent leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani were part of that government.
He questioned who was responsible for keeping the Mandal Commission report locked away for 10 years.
“In the government led by VP Singh, the Mandal Commission report was implemented on our (BJP) suggestion... Rajiv Gandhi has also given long speeches against OBC reservation... What can we expect from those whose social justice is limited to justice for their families? The Congress Party has always been against the deprived, tribal, Dalit, and backwards classes of the country. That is why their hypocrisy is visible today,” said Pradhan.
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