Tejashwi Yadav interview | ‘It’s time the Union government looks at Bihar with sympathy and compassion’
1 year, 10 months ago

Tejashwi Yadav interview | ‘It’s time the Union government looks at Bihar with sympathy and compassion’

The Hindu  

In an exclusive interview, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and son of Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad, said that seat-sharing for the 2024 Lok Sabha election within Mahagathbandhan will be based on strengths and weaknesses of each party. He also hit out at poll strategist Prashant Kishor and called Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a dynamic leader. I would urge the Prime Minister to provide our State with Special Status so that we can also march into the category of top States on the development front. Union Minister Amit Shah in his recent visit to Bihar said ‘jungle raj’ would be established if you become the Chief Minister.

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Caste census: Political compulsion brings together Lingayats and Vokkaligas for a coordinated fight
5 days, 13 hours ago

Caste census: Political compulsion brings together Lingayats and Vokkaligas for a coordinated fight

The Hindu  

The dominant land-owning communities of Vokkaligas and Veerashaiva-Lingayats in Karnataka, which are more often divided over the issue of power-sharing, seem to be coming together to fight the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey which is likely to be brought for discussion before the next Cabinet meeting. Driven by political compulsions, the much-contested caste census is expected to be discussed in the …

Caste data to be tabled in December
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Caste data to be tabled in December

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government is preparing to unveil the findings of its ongoing caste census during the upcoming monsoon session of the Legislative Assembly, likely to be held in the second week of December. The Bihar government tabled its findings in the Legislative Assembly in October 2023, leading to legislative action to increase reservations from 50 per cent to 65 …

Bihar assembly winter session: LoP Tejashwi asks Minister Nitish govt to raise reservation quota to 85 per cent
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bihar assembly winter session: LoP Tejashwi asks Minister Nitish govt to raise reservation quota to 85 per cent

New Indian Express  

PATNA: Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar assembly, has called on the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government to introduce new laws providing 85% reservation quotas for deprived castes and economically weaker sections. Speaking in the assembly on Tuesday, after Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav rejected the opposition’s adjournment motion, the RJD leader proposed that a committee be set …

Congress Leader Calls for Nationwide Caste Census to Uncover Deepest Layers of Discrimination
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2 months, 1 week ago

Congress Leader Calls for Nationwide Caste Census to Uncover Deepest Layers of Discrimination

Deccan Chronicle  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi advocates for a national caste census in India, highlighting the deep-rooted caste-based discrimination affecting people's lives, careers, and faith in the nation. He argues that caste discrimination exists in every corner of India and must be revealed and addressed to foster inclusive governance. Gandhi also emphasizes the need for transparency and accountability in the census process, …

Lalu Yadav on caste census: ‘Will hold RSS, BJP by ear, make them do sit-ups’
4 months, 1 week ago

Lalu Yadav on caste census: ‘Will hold RSS, BJP by ear, make them do sit-ups’

Hindustan Times  

Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday declared that the opposition would compel the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological fountainhead, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, to conduct a caste census. Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav holds a mic while RJD Chief Lalu Prasad addresses party workers during 28th foundation of Rashtriya Janata Dal, at the party office …

Tejashwi dares Nitish to clear stand on quota
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Tejashwi dares Nitish to clear stand on quota

New Indian Express  

PATNA: RJD leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Sunday challenged Janata Dal leaders to clarify their stance on inclusion of reservation in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution. Addressing workers of the party while taking part in day-long sit-in agitation, Tejashwi said that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s JD should tell people whether they are …

Nitish strong at Centre, can easily get caste census done: Tejashwi
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Nitish strong at Centre, can easily get caste census done: Tejashwi

The Hindu  

The Rashtriya Janata Dal, led by its leader Tejashwi Yadav, staged protests across Bihar demanding a nationwide caste census and inclusion of 65% reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in Schedule 9 of the Constitution. Mr. Yadav said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is playing an important role at the Centre but is not taking …

Congress frames social justice as an essential step of a policy framework to ensure justice
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress frames social justice as an essential step of a policy framework to ensure justice

The Hindu  

The Narendra Modi government quickly scrapped a proposal to induct mid-level officials into the bureaucracy through lateral entry to counter the Opposition’s allegations of “ending reservations.” However, it is clear that Congress would continue to place social justice as the centrepiece of its politics. On Saturday, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, positioned caste census as an …

‘90% people sitting out of system’: Rahul Gandhi's fresh caste census demand
4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘90% people sitting out of system’: Rahul Gandhi's fresh caste census demand

Hindustan Times  

Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reiterated the demand for a caste census, claiming that 90 per cent of India's population is not a part of the system. Addressing the ‘Samvidhan Samman Sammelan’ in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, the former Congress chief said,"Ninety per cent of people are sitting outside the system, they have skills and knowledge …

Interview: Hindus most affected by unemployment, says Tejashwi Yadav
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Interview: Hindus most affected by unemployment, says Tejashwi Yadav

Hindustan Times  

One of the key campaigners for the INDIA alliance is Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former deputy chief minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav. In a conversation before his day of campaigning, Yadav told HT’s Sunetra Choudhury that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party are nervous, and voters are tired of unfulfilled promises. Edited excerpts: Rashtriya Janata Dal …

No force can stop caste census, those calling themselves 'desh bhakt' are scared of it: Rahul slams BJP
8 months, 3 weeks ago

No force can stop caste census, those calling themselves 'desh bhakt' are scared of it: Rahul slams BJP

New Indian Express  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that those who call themselves "desh bhakt" are scared of the 'X-ray' of caste census but no force can stop it and his life mission is to secure justice for 90 percent of the population, as he hit back at the BJP amid the row on the issue of wealth redistribution. The former …

Rahul Gandhi vows to conduct caste census if Congress voted to power
10 months ago

Rahul Gandhi vows to conduct caste census if Congress voted to power

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on March 9 underlined his party's resolve to conduct a caste census if voted to power, asserting that based on this right step along with economic mapping, the 50% cap on reservation would be "uprooted". Mr. Gandhi said the Congress' slogan is "count" because that would be the first step towards justice. The caste survey conducted …

Caste census lessons for new government in Bihar
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Caste census lessons for new government in Bihar

Hindustan Times  

The Bihar caste census has been an eye-opener in many ways. Thus, in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha and 2025 Bihar Vidhan Sabha elections, the BJP-JD government will be challenged by the Opposition to not abandon the cause of inclusive development. Bihar’s net per capita income is the lowest in India, at just ₹47,000 vis-à-vis ₹4.7 lakh for …

Rahul harps on caste census again as yatra resumes
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Rahul harps on caste census again as yatra resumes

Hindustan Times  

Laying stress on social justice, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi once again raised the issue of caste census during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra as it resumed from Anand Bhavan in Prayagraj on Sunday. India's Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi waves to his supporters from atop a vehicle during the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' roadshow Prayagraj on February 18, 2024. Former Congress …

Rahul Gandhi promises caste census, slams BJP’s hate politics in Chhattisgarh rallies
11 months ago

Rahul Gandhi promises caste census, slams BJP’s hate politics in Chhattisgarh rallies

The Hindu  

Describing caste census as a pivotal step towards delivering social justice in the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said he was determined to conduct it in the country. Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the caste census, Mr. Gandhi, whose Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra resumed in Chhattisgarh after a two-day break, said that Mr. Modi was not conducting …

Nitish Kumar caved under pressure; don’t need his support: Rahul Gandhi
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Nitish Kumar caved under pressure; don’t need his support: Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

As his Bharat Jodo Naya Yatra traversed Bihar for the second day on Tuesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said his party did not need the support of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Nitish ji was in a jam and the BJP provided him a back door to escape”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said while addressing an impressive public meeting at …

Decades of caste politics scuttled Bihar's growth story: Report
1 year ago

Decades of caste politics scuttled Bihar's growth story: Report

Op India  

Caste-based census data was released in Bihar amid an atmosphere of celebration among the supporters of RJD and JDU, the two main ruling parties of Bihar. However, despite this initial disparity, Bihar exhibited a robust average annual per capita GDP growth rate of 5.1%, outpacing Odisha’s slower growth rate of 1.4%. Consequently, due to Bihar’s significant economic growth throughout the …

Caste Survey | In Bihar, an arithmetic of caste and politics of numbers
1 year, 1 month ago

Caste Survey | In Bihar, an arithmetic of caste and politics of numbers

Hindustan Times  

The caste census in Bihar is possibly the first comprehensive and public exercise to enumerate caste groups and ascertain their socio-economic profile in Independent India. The decennial All India Census counts castes within the Scheduled Caste category and the National Sample Survey Office includes the Other Backward Classes castes in its data, but neither provides figures of individual castes across …

Politics as unusual: Who’s afraid of an all-India caste X-ray?
1 year, 2 months ago

Politics as unusual: Who’s afraid of an all-India caste X-ray?

Live Mint  

The politics of social justice has long held salience in India as an echo of the ‘class struggle’ of leftist extraction. By one reckoning, how contestable key swing seats prove in a pivotal belt of the country could depend on vote shifts among caste groups classified as Other Backward Classes. Little wonder that calls have arisen from the Congress and …

Bihar survey exposes disparities among OBCs
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar survey exposes disparities among OBCs

Hindustan Times  

The economic truths revealed by the Bihar caste survey data are more telling than whatever political significance the findings may have. The socio-economic data in the survey suggests that Bihar now needs a larger dose of development, not more of identity-centric politics, which has shaped the state’s governance priorities in the last three decades or so. The state needs to …

Caste survey and quota hike: Bihar starts political churn ahead of 2024 polls
1 year, 2 months ago

Caste survey and quota hike: Bihar starts political churn ahead of 2024 polls

Hindustan Times  

PATNA: The recent announcement by the Nitish Kumar government to hike reservation to 75% in Bihar based on the findings of the caste survey presented before the Bihar Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, has infused new energy into the run-up to the 2024 general elections. There is no monolithic cultural category and that will set new political trends with a demand …

Bihar: Nitish Kumar proposes to increase reservation quota from 50% to 75% after caste survey results
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar: Nitish Kumar proposes to increase reservation quota from 50% to 75% after caste survey results

Op India  

On 7th November, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar presented a detailed report of the caste-based census in the Legislative Assembly. While tabling the detailed caste census report in the state assembly, he said, “Quotas for Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes need to be raised. According to the caste survey, Yadavs have the highest population among OBCs and …

Law doesn’t bar states from counting castes
1 year, 2 months ago

Law doesn’t bar states from counting castes

Hindustan Times  

The Bihar caste survey has revealed the ground realities of the social fabric. The Mandal Commission report had a chapter on “the social dynamics of caste” recording that notwithstanding public declarations condemning caste, it has remained a significant basis of action in politics and decision-making of governments. The challenge in courts to the caste census has been on two grounds: …

Bihar politics: Govt keen to increase reservation in Winter Session. Will it?
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar politics: Govt keen to increase reservation in Winter Session. Will it?

Hindustan Times  

Patna:The winter session of Bihar’s state legislature beginning from November 6th is expected to be politically significant as there is likelihood of the ruling Grand Alliance government increasing the reservation limit for backward classes, following the findings of the caste survey released recently. There is a buzz in political circles that the GA government, following the release of the caste …

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin Writes to PM Modi on Caste Census
1 year, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin Writes to PM Modi on Caste Census

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to personally intervene and integrate caste census with the upcoming national decadal census and make the initiative a monumental step to take the benefits of development to the most vulnerable sections, thus building a stronger, more inclusive India. In a letter to the Prime Minister on Saturday, Stalin, stressing …

Caste census finds resonance in Rajasthan
1 year, 2 months ago

Caste census finds resonance in Rajasthan

Hindustan Times  

In September 1987, 18-year-old Roop Kanwar was forced to commit Sati on her husband’s funeral pyre in Rajasthan. In the run-up to the 2023 assembly election, almost all caste groups in Rajasthan held mahasammelans as a show of strength, with three major demands: an increase in reservation, a hike in political representation and that a caste census be conducted. Congress …

Bihar caste survey results challenge BJP’s Hindutva unity narrative
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar caste survey results challenge BJP’s Hindutva unity narrative

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 19, 2023 11:00 IST - 17 MINS READ In the 1960s, Ram Manohar Lohia of the Samyukta Socialist Party coined the slogan: Sansopa ne baandhi gaanth, Pichchde paaven sau me saat, Raj paat hai kiske haath, Angrezi aur unchi jaath With the Bihar government, led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a Lohiaite, releasing its caste survey data …

INTERVIEW | Akhilesh Yadav: ‘Reservation has to be on the basis of caste, not poverty’
1 year, 2 months ago

INTERVIEW | Akhilesh Yadav: ‘Reservation has to be on the basis of caste, not poverty’

The Hindu  

The president of the Samajwadi Party believes a caste census would lead to equal opportunity and representation in politics and policymaking. As INDIA alliance parties raise the pitch for OBC politics, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav is confident that a social coalition of the backward classes, Dalits, and the minorities will turn the tide against the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, …

On reality of caste, Bihar holds a mirror
1 year, 2 months ago

On reality of caste, Bihar holds a mirror

Hindustan Times  

There is something about Bihar. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Vijay Kumar Sinha and other leaders during all parties’ meeting on Bihar Caste Census at the CM Secretariat on Tuesday. It may be the state where the Buddha attained his enlightenment, where the world’s first residential university flourished, where …

How Rahul-led Congress' advocacy of caste-based census lacks logic and coherence
1 year, 3 months ago

How Rahul-led Congress' advocacy of caste-based census lacks logic and coherence

Firstpost  

The opposition’s politics is stuck in the quicksand of 1990s Mandal-era caste dynamics, and its aim is polarisation among castes to foil the unity of Hindus across India and weaponising caste for a divisive ‘split and conquer’ game plan The infamous aphorism of divide et impera politics, historically repudiated by the Grand Old Party, has returned with Rahul Gandhi making …

A key step by Bihar to promote better social justice
1 year, 3 months ago

A key step by Bihar to promote better social justice

The Hindu  

There are certain dates which acquire greater significance by a stroke of history, and October 2, 2023 is one such date — a day when the Bihar government released the data for a caste-based survey, known as the Bihar Jaati Adharit Ganana. Caste discrimination often leads to economic disparities, with certain caste groups facing limited access to education and employment …

Supreme Court refuses to stay Bihar caste census, says it can't stop govt from taking a decision
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court refuses to stay Bihar caste census, says it can't stop govt from taking a decision

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay Bihar caste census which had stated that state’s total population stood at a little over 13.07 crore. What was the survey The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar released findings of its survey months ahead of the 2024 Parliamentary elections, which revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63 per cent of …

Equality and identity: The Hindu Editorial on the findings of the Bihar caste count
1 year, 3 months ago

Equality and identity: The Hindu Editorial on the findings of the Bihar caste count

The Hindu  

The significance of Bihar conducting a caste survey and publishing a caste-wise count of its population is quite immense. The survey, which had all the trappings of a census, complete with a two-stage process of house-listing followed by the eliciting of information from the households, has shown that 63% of Bihar’s 13 crore population belong to castes listed under the …

The Bihar caste survey marks a big step towards a reality check
1 year, 3 months ago

The Bihar caste survey marks a big step towards a reality check

Live Mint  

On 2 October, the Bihar government released estimates of the state’s population by sub-castes as part of the caste survey it conducted this year. Comparative estimates of Bihar’s major caste groups from the 1931 census, the last all-India headcount that collected sub-caste data, suggest a near century of relative stability as far as the shares of various sub-castes go, with …

Counting people, lesson from Bihar
1 year, 3 months ago

Counting people, lesson from Bihar

Hindustan Times  

While caste informs every aspect of the South Asian experience — knowledge, stratification, power, intimacy, theology — the Indian governing classes have been so far averse to its inclusion as a category in the decennial Census. The persistent caste blindness has been breached by the Bihar government’s release of the first set of caste-based survey data on the symbolic occasion …

PM’s counter on caste census demand: Poor should have the first right on resources
1 year, 3 months ago

PM’s counter on caste census demand: Poor should have the first right on resources

The Hindu  

Questioning the Congress’ proposition that the rights of a community should be in proportion to its numbers in a society, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 3 asserted that poor people should have the first rights over the country’s resources as they formed the biggest chunk of the population. Mr. Modi was addressing a public meeting in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur, a …

A national caste census looks all but inevitable
1 year, 3 months ago

A national caste census looks all but inevitable

Live Mint  

The term ‘historic’ may have lost its punch from overuse, but Bihar’s caste count will qualify if it revives the Mandal movement in Indian politics and forces a quota policy rejig. With our democracy’s dynamics shaped by shifts in OBC support and a popular appetite for data whetted by hot news of Bihar’s caste break-up, an all-India caste census looks …

Bihar caste-based census news: CM Nitish Kumar calls an all-party meeting
1 year, 3 months ago

Bihar caste-based census news: CM Nitish Kumar calls an all-party meeting

Live Mint  

A day after releasing data from a caste-based census in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called an all-party meeting to discuss the results of the survey and deliberate on the next course of action. 2)The survey also stated that Yadavs, the OBC group to which Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav belongs, was the largest in terms of the population, …

Bihar's caste survey a brave step forward, Maharashtra and other states should follow suit: NCP MLA
1 year, 3 months ago

Bihar's caste survey a brave step forward, Maharashtra and other states should follow suit: NCP MLA

The Hindu  

The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party MLA Jitendra Awhad has hailed the Bihar government's caste survey and demanded that a similar exercise be carried out in all states of the country, including Maharashtra, alleging that the rights of the OBCs were being snatched away. "Our demand is that a caste-based census be carried out.What Bihar has done has to be …

Bihar's census data reveals dire need for updated data at state, national levels
1 year, 3 months ago

Bihar's census data reveals dire need for updated data at state, national levels

India Today  

Bihar’s caste census surprised many by highlighting the stark difference in expectations and the reality of the state’s social profile. The Bihar caste census once again puts the spotlight on a serious issue — policies are made based on old data. The base year for the consumer price index, wholesale price index and the index of industrial production is also …

Bihar caste survey: Opposition steps up call for similar drive in heartland states
1 year, 3 months ago

Bihar caste survey: Opposition steps up call for similar drive in heartland states

Hindustan Times  

The results of Bihar’s caste survey announced on Monday galvanised opposition parties in the heartland states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to demand similar exercises in their states. “The caste census is a must in UP as well to ensure correct share of various castes in various government schemes,” RLD state president Ramashish Rai said. “We demand the UP …

Bihar caste survey: Opposition sees scope for new narrative, poll dividends
1 year, 3 months ago

Bihar caste survey: Opposition sees scope for new narrative, poll dividends

Hindustan Times  

When Bihar’s Nitish Kumar demanded a caste survey as early as 2021 -- a few months after the Bharatiya Janata Party, then an ally, outperformed his party in the state elections -- other parties in the state supported him, but it was yet to become the national imperative opposition parties would now like to see it as. “The Indian National …

INDIA bloc cites Bihar data to reiterate demand for nationwide caste census
1 year, 3 months ago

INDIA bloc cites Bihar data to reiterate demand for nationwide caste census

The Hindu  

Citing the findings of the Bihar caste survey, leaders of the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance on October 2 reiterated their demand for conducting a countrywide caste census to ensure “social justice” to the deprived classes. Welcoming the move of the Bihar government, Congress communication chief Jairam Ramesh said a similar survey was done earlier by the party in Karnataka …

Bihar caste survey: What are its findings and how will it impact poll outcome in 2024? EXPLAINED
1 year, 3 months ago

Bihar caste survey: What are its findings and how will it impact poll outcome in 2024? EXPLAINED

India TV News  

Bihar caste census: The caste survey in Bihar was released on Monday divulging that the OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63 per cent of the state’s total population, a number which could hugely leave its impact on the strategies of the political parties and outcome of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls which is now not too far away. In …

‘Do they have any idea?’: Nitish Kumar raps BJP for slamming caste-based census
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Do they have any idea?’: Nitish Kumar raps BJP for slamming caste-based census

Hindustan Times  

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the announcement of data from the state's caste-based census and said it ‘has no idea’ about the developments, alleging that the saffron party has not done anything for the Hindus, Muslims, scheduled caste and tribes. The caste census report by the Bihar government recognised the …

Bihar caste survey | OBCs, EBCs comprise more than 63% of State’s population
1 year, 3 months ago

Bihar caste survey | OBCs, EBCs comprise more than 63% of State’s population

The Hindu  

Still away from the upcoming General Election of 2024, the Bihar government on Monday released its caste survey report and said “it’s only a compiled data and no analysis of it has been done yet”. The proposal for the caste based survey was passed unanimously in the State legislature,” CM Nitish Kumar said on X as he congratulated the survey …

Bihar caste survey says 63% people from backward, extremely backward classes
1 year, 3 months ago

Bihar caste survey says 63% people from backward, extremely backward classes

Hindustan Times  

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar released a caste-based survey report on Monday, ahead of the Lok Sabha election in 2024. According to the survey, the extremely backward classes comprise 36.01% of the population, the backward classes 27.12% and the general category 15.52% of the covered population. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav Of the OBC, …

Bihar releases caste survey report, OBCs and EBCs account for THIS much of total state population | CHECK
1 year, 3 months ago

Bihar releases caste survey report, OBCs and EBCs account for THIS much of total state population | CHECK

India TV News  

In a significant development, the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government on Monday released the findings of its much-awaited caste survey, which revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63 per cent of the state’s total population. The state’s total population stood at a little over 13.07 crore, out of which, 27.13 per cent of Bihar's total population is from Backward …

Bihar caste-based survey | Data will help in upliftment of all sections: CM Nitish Kumar's first reaction
1 year, 3 months ago

Bihar caste-based survey | Data will help in upliftment of all sections: CM Nitish Kumar's first reaction

India TV News  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday hailed the team that engaged in the work of caste-based enumeration and said the data of the survey will help to make appropriate policies for the people from every section. Taking to microblogging site X, he wrote, "Today, on the auspicious occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the data of caste-based survey conducted in Bihar …

DC Edit | Go ahead with caste census
1 year, 3 months ago

DC Edit | Go ahead with caste census

Deccan Chronicle  

There seems to be a bit of a political fault line, which might well go on to become a major electoral issue between the ruling BJP and the Opposition INDIA alliance led by the Congress but is something on which all political sides can easily work out a consensus and it is the matter of conducting caste-based census. The next …

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