'I am not against the caste census. As someone from a data science background, I cannot be against data' ...

Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP (SP)) MP Supriya Sule's recent interview has reignited the debate on whether caste or economic criteria should be the basis for reservations. In ...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (second from left) inaugurates the caste-based census in his ancestral village of Bakhtiarpur in Bihar, India, April 15, 2023. Credit: Wikipedia/Information and ...

Reservation of jobs and seats in educational institutions, which were based hitherto on caste identity, will now include economic criteria as well. In 2019, the Indian parliament passed the 103rd ...

On April 30, the Indian government announced a decision that will reverberate through the nation's social fabric for generations: the upcoming national census will include comprehensive caste data for ...