Counting right: The Hindu Editorial on caste surveys
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Counting right: The Hindu Editorial on caste surveys

The Hindu  

Last week’s launch of a caste survey in Telangana by the Congress government is a step towards fulfilling its 2023 Assembly poll promise. The Union government had also said that it had no proposal to make caste data of the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 public. In June, the Patna High Court struck down two Acts in Bihar, envisaging enhanced quantum in quota for BCs, Extremely BCs, SCs and STs in education and government jobs. In the case on 10.5% internal quota for Vanniyars within the Most BCs of Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court had upheld the Madras High Court’s conclusion that the reservation to the community under the 2021 Act was based on “antiquated data”.

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How poll politics is inherent in Telangana, Bengal caste counts
1 week, 2 days ago

How poll politics is inherent in Telangana, Bengal caste counts

India Today  

India’s social fabric is woven with intricate threads of caste, a reality that has shaped its politics, economics and social dynamics for centuries. In Tamil Nadu, Congress state president K. Selvaperunthagai urged the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government to conduct a caste survey similar to Telangana’s. In 2023, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, then aligned with the anti-BJP bloc, conducted a …

Independent group meets for first time to analyse Telangana caste survey
1 week, 6 days ago

Independent group meets for first time to analyse Telangana caste survey

India Today  

A detailed presentation on Telangana’s caste survey methodology and preliminary findings was delivered by Hyderabad’s district collector A Durishetty on Thursday, at the first meeting of the Independent Expert Working Group, established by the Telangana government to study and analyse the survey. This development follows the Telangana government’s move to include renowned French economist Thomas Piketty as a member of …

House debates whether to conduct caste census or caste survey
1 week, 6 days ago

House debates whether to conduct caste census or caste survey

The Hindu  

The demand for conducting the caste census came to the fore yet again in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday. Responding to G K Mani’s demand to conduct caste census, Minister for Backward Classes Welfare Siva V. Meyyanathan reiterated it was the job of the Union government. Stalin had in October 2023 written to the Prime Minister calling for caste …

DC Edit | Will Telangana Quota Law Stand?
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

DC Edit | Will Telangana Quota Law Stand?

Deccan Chronicle  

The Telangana Legislative Assembly has passed the Telangana Backward Classes Bill, 2025, to increase reservation for Backward Classes in education, employment, and local bodies to 42 per cent from 29 per cent. Though there are states like Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh, where the total reservation extended in the state has already touched 69 per cent, the Telangana reservation law is …

Congress High Command Praises Revanth Reddy on OBC Bill
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Congress High Command Praises Revanth Reddy on OBC Bill

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday praised Chief Minister Revanth Reddy-led Congress government in Telangana for the revolutionary step it had taken in fulfilling its promise and showing the way for increasing reservations for the Backward Classes communities. “This is indeed a revolutionary step towards social justice through which the wall of 50 per …

Telangana Govt assures to hike SC reservations after the next Census
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Telangana Govt assures to hike SC reservations after the next Census

The Hindu  

Telangana Government has announced its resolve to enhance the reservation for Scheduled Caste communities after the data of the next Census is made public. Present reservations on basis of Census 2011 Based on the 2011 census, the State Government has fixed the reservations for SCs at 15% and will enhance it once the population status of the Scheduled Caste communities …

Telangana assembly passes bills to increase OBC reservation to 42%
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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Telangana assembly passes bills to increase OBC reservation to 42%

Hindustan Times  

The Telangana assembly on Monday passed two bills to hike the reservation for other backward classes in education, employment and local bodies to 42%, fulfilling a major campaign promise based on the recently concluded caste survey but also triggering controversy over the breached 50% cap on caste-based reservations. The assembly also passed the Telangana Scheduled Castes Bill, 2025, seeking to …

Telangana's 42% quota push based on caste census, a first for any state
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Telangana's 42% quota push based on caste census, a first for any state

India Today  

Telangana is set to become the first state to implement reservations based on a caste survey, with the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passing a key bill to increase reservation for Backward Classes to 42 per cent in government jobs, educational institutions, and local body elections. This is what the whole country needs,” he posted on X, adding that a caste …

OBCs in Telangana to get 42% reservation in education, jobs? CM Revanth Reddy vows ‘proactive measures’
2 weeks, 2 days ago

OBCs in Telangana to get 42% reservation in education, jobs? CM Revanth Reddy vows ‘proactive measures’

Live Mint  

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has reaffirmed his government's ‘proactive measures’ to securing a 42% reservation for Backward Classes in education, employment, and political opportunities. Be on the right side of history & let each one of us become a champion of this historic move.”, CM Reddy wrote on X. CM Revanth Reddy's initiative follows a promise made by Congress …

On Kanshi Ram birth anniv, Mayawati calls for caste census
2 weeks, 4 days ago

On Kanshi Ram birth anniv, Mayawati calls for caste census

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party national president Mayawati on Saturday called for a caste census and urged the government to take the required steps in this regard. “Census work is directly linked to nation- building and the government should remain alert towards this responsibility, just as it is in conducting elections on time,” the four-time former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said. Expressing …

Karnataka Caste Survey: Why Siddaramaiah’s 10-Year Delay Sparks Controversy
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Karnataka Caste Survey: Why Siddaramaiah’s 10-Year Delay Sparks Controversy

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 11, 2025 20:07 IST - 3 MINS READ Leaders of backward classes in Karnataka have demanded that the findings of the Karnataka Socio-economic and Educational Survey conducted in the State be released. The comprehensive house-to-house educational survey that recorded the caste of the respondents was conducted in 2015 during Siddaramaiah’s previous tenure as Chief Minister. Statements from …

Telangana Caste Survey 2025: Data Transparency, Political Clashes, and the Future of BC Reservations
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Telangana Caste Survey 2025: Data Transparency, Political Clashes, and the Future of BC Reservations

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 11, 2025 12:52 IST - 13 MINS READ The Telangana government’s landmark caste survey has rekindled a discourse on social justice measures and reservation while simultaneously triggering intense political fights over who truly represents the interests of the backward classes in the State. “The BJP is fundamentally opposed to a caste census, and BRS leaders, including K. …

CM Revanth Reddy accuses forces of plotting against 42 per cent BC reservation
3 weeks, 3 days ago

CM Revanth Reddy accuses forces of plotting against 42 per cent BC reservation

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy alleged that some forces are hatching conspiracies and obstructing the government’s efforts to provide 42 per cent reservation to BC communities. The data collected during previous chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s rule stated that upper castes constituted 21 per cent of state’s population but the recent caste survey disclosed it was only 15.28 per …

Telangana to bring 2 bills to raise OBC quota to 42%
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Telangana to bring 2 bills to raise OBC quota to 42%

Hindustan Times  

The Telangana government will introduce two separate bills in the upcoming budget session of the state assembly, seeking to provide 42% reservations to Other Backward Classes — one in the upcoming local body elections, another in the education and employment, said state backward classes minister Ponnam Prabhakar. “Once the OBC local bodies reservation bill is passed by the state legislature, …

Telangana’s caste count creates new conundrum
1 month, 1 week ago

Telangana’s caste count creates new conundrum

Hindustan Times  

In the sun-baked expanse of Mahabubnagar district in Telangana, November brings a trickle of relief. Part-1 contained questions about a person’s caste, subcaste, religion, age, gender, mother tongue, mobile numbers, educational qualifications, information regarding disability, profession, whether the person held a salaried job or a farm job or was self-employed, annual income, bank details; details of personal property, including agriculture …

PMK hopes to rally ‘every community’ with demand for caste-census
1 month, 1 week ago

PMK hopes to rally ‘every community’ with demand for caste-census

The Hindu  

Pattali Makkal Katchi’s Samaya Samudhaya Nallinakka Maanadu’, held in Kumbakonam on Sunday, marks a shift from the party’s earlier controversial approach of mobilising the Vanniyar community invoking caste-pride and alienating other communities, and instead using a ‘caste census’ as a rallying point to garner support from every community, including the Scheduled Castes. This shift in strategy could be explained due …

BJP spreading false propaganda on caste census, says Revanth Reddy
1 month, 1 week ago

BJP spreading false propaganda on caste census, says Revanth Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy here on Saturday accused the BJP of spreading false propaganda about caste census as it does not want to conduct census in the country. “I challenge former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Sanjay and Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy to prove which house in which block was wrong done during the caste census. …

Karnataka Caste Census Report: Why Siddaramaiah’s Government Is Stalling
1 month, 1 week ago

Karnataka Caste Census Report: Why Siddaramaiah’s Government Is Stalling

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 22, 2025 13:36 IST - 5 MINS READ Over the past week, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been engaged in meetings with Ministers and various community leaders as part of pre-budget discussions leading up to the presentation of the Karnataka budget on March 7. Responding to this, Siddaramaiah stated, “The government has accepted the caste census report …

Announce caste-based survey in upcoming Budget session, Anbumani urges T.N. govt.
1 month, 1 week ago

Announce caste-based survey in upcoming Budget session, Anbumani urges T.N. govt.

The Hindu  

Pattali Makkal Katchi president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday said real social justice lies in conducting a caste-based survey and implementing measures at a micro level using that data for the welfare of people. Speaking at a demonstration in Chennai organised by the PMK and a few other parties demanding that the State government conduct a caste-based survey in Tamil Nadu, …

Plug data gaps: State-level statistical surveys could help
1 month, 1 week ago

Plug data gaps: State-level statistical surveys could help

Live Mint  

India’s ministry of statistics and programme implementation has commenced celebrations to commemorate 75 years of the National Sample Survey Office, India’s premier agency for all-India statistical surveys. The RGI is also responsible for other important data, such as statistics on fertility, mortality and various demographic variables, which are collected as part of the Sample Registration System. In this backdrop, an …

Karnataka govt committed to implementing caste census report: Siddaramaiah
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka govt committed to implementing caste census report: Siddaramaiah

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that the government is committed to implementing the caste census report. There should be no doubt about it," Siddaramaiah said after participating in a pre-budget meeting at Vidhana Soudha with leaders of backward classes and representatives of backward class organisations. The chief minister said the government is in favour of the caste census. …

Revanth Raking up Modi Caste to Divert From Public Issues: Arvind
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Revanth Raking up Modi Caste to Divert From Public Issues: Arvind

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri on Sunday alleged that Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy deliberately raised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s caste to divert public attention from pressing state problems. “He is trying to politicise caste and religious matters ahead of local body elections,” Dharmapuri said at a meeting held at the BJP district office. Meanwhile, BJP Rajya Sabha member …

Opposition Afraid of Caste Census in TG: Cong. Leader
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Opposition Afraid of Caste Census in TG: Cong. Leader

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: Telangana State Cooperative Unions chairman and District Congress Committee president Manala Mohan Reddy accused Opposition leaders of fearing the upcoming caste census in Telangana. Speaking at Congress Bhavan on Sunday, Mohan Reddy criticised BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri and BRS district president A. Jeevan Reddy for their focus on criticising the Congress’ political standing. Mohan Reddy also highlighted that the …

Rahul Asks Revanth to Lead Congress' Caste Census Campaign
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Asks Revanth to Lead Congress' Caste Census Campaign

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, during a meeting in Delhi on Saturday, invited Leader of Opposition and party senior Rahul Gandhi to attend one of the two major public rallies slated for April, to celebrate the success of Telangana's caste census and SC sub-categorisation. Official sources said that Gandhi discussed plans of launching a nationwide movement demanding the BJP-led …

Want to know Rahul Gandhi’s caste, conduct caste census: Mahesh Goud to BJP leaders
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Want to know Rahul Gandhi’s caste, conduct caste census: Mahesh Goud to BJP leaders

The Hindu  

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief Mahesh Goud asked the BJP government at the Centre to conduct caste census in the country if they were interested to know the caste of Congress Rahul Gandhi. At a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan, Mr. Goud found fault with the BJP leaders criticising Mr. Gandhi for questioning his caste details. Gandhi will give in …

Caste survey in Telangana to set a national roadmap: CM Revanth Reddy
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Caste survey in Telangana to set a national roadmap: CM Revanth Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has stated that the state's caste survey will serve as a roadmap for the country in conducting a caste census. Speaking to the media after the meeting, Revanth Reddy emphasised that the caste survey will help shape welfare schemes effectively. "Telangana is setting an example in conducting a comprehensive caste survey and SC categorisation. …

PMK to stage protest on February 20 demanding caste census in T.N.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

PMK to stage protest on February 20 demanding caste census in T.N.

The Hindu  

Pattali Makkal Katchi president Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss on Friday announced that the party would organise a protest on February 20 demanding that the State government conduct a caste-wise census in Tamil Nadu. In a statement, Dr. Anbumani said the support for a caste-wise census was growing and that the State government was behaving as though it did not care about …

Revanth calls for social boycott of KCR family for opposing Caste Census
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Revanth calls for social boycott of KCR family for opposing Caste Census

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and BRS top leaders K. Chandrashekar Rao, K.T.Rama Rao and T. Harish Rao over the Caste Census. Addressing a state Congress meeting at Gandhi Bhavan on Friday, Revanth Reddy proposed a resolution calling for a "social boycott" of Chandrashekar Rao, Rama Rao, and …

Telangana to conduct second round of caste survey from February 16 to 28: CM
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Telangana to conduct second round of caste survey from February 16 to 28: CM

Hindustan Times  

The Telangana government will conduct a second round of socio-economic, educational, employment, political and caste survey from February 16 to 28, in the wake of criticism from the opposition that the earlier survey was not comprehensive, besides objections raised by some OBC groups and leaders from within the Congress that there were discrepancies in the figures of various castes. State …

BRS and BJP have anti-BC mindset, says Ponnam Prabhakar
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BRS and BJP have anti-BC mindset, says Ponnam Prabhakar

The Hindu  

Asserting that the recent caste census conducted by the Telangana government was a role model for the country, Minister for Backward Classes Welfare Ponnam Prabhakar has said that those who missed out the survey can register their details with the officials concerned from February 16 to 28. Of the total 1.15 crore families in the State, nearly 1.12 crore families …

Telangana to hold another round of caste survey for those left out after backlash
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Telangana to hold another round of caste survey for those left out after backlash

India Today  

Facing criticism from the Opposition, including the Bharat Rashtra Samithi and various backward classes organisations, Telangana government announced a second phase of the caste survey from February 16 to 28. This will also be open for those who would want to update their information, announced Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka reiterated the government’s commitment to ensuring 42 …

KTR welcomes decision to re-conduct caste survey
1 month, 3 weeks ago

KTR welcomes decision to re-conduct caste survey

The Hindu  

HYDERABAD Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president K.T. He also demanded an unconditional apology from Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to the Backward Class community for the inaccuracies, which caused mental anguish and reduced the BC population count. He stressed that local body elections should only be held after a comprehensive second survey is conducted, and 42% reservation is legally provided …

Hyderabad DCC celebrates caste survey, hails it as a major step towards social justice
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hyderabad DCC celebrates caste survey, hails it as a major step towards social justice

The Hindu  

The Hyderabad District Congress Committee celebrated the successful completion of the caste survey and SC categorisation in Telangana, hailing it as a historic step towards social justice and equitable resource allocation. The event held here on Monday, attended by senior Congress leaders and party workers, was chaired by Hyderabad DCC president Mohammed Waliullah Sameer. Addressing the meeting, Telangana State Minority …

Telangana CM Revanth faces challenges on caste survey implementation
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Telangana CM Revanth faces challenges on caste survey implementation

Hindustan Times  

The Telangana government, headed by chief minister A Revanth Reddy, and which has just completed the comprehensive socio-economic, educational, employment, political, and caste survey in the state assembly on February 4, is now facing the biggest challenge of implementing the same. But prominent OBC leaders, including Rajya Sabha MP and national OBC welfare association president R Krishnaiah and former Telangana …

Why Revanth Reddy govt gave only a sneak peak of Telangana caste survey
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Why Revanth Reddy govt gave only a sneak peak of Telangana caste survey

India Today  

One more milestone has been marked in the evolving landscape of India’s caste empowerment politics: a report containing an enumeration of the various caste groups that make up Telangana’s 35.5 million population. The caste count, officially termed the ‘Socio-Economic, Educational, Employment, Political and Caste Survey’, revealed that Backward Classes constitute 56.33 per cent of the state’s population, with BC Muslims …

Caste census a blunder, conduct resurvey: BRS working president KTR
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Caste census a blunder, conduct resurvey: BRS working president KTR

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Sunday criticised the state government’s caste census, calling it a blunder and demanded a resurvey. “If the state government does not provide 42% reservations to BCs, BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao would announce the future course of action soon,” Rama Rao stated. The BRS working president criticised the Congress government’s survey, claiming …

Comprehensive caste survey can justify legislative and constitutional measures to increase reservations: BC leaders
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Comprehensive caste survey can justify legislative and constitutional measures to increase reservations: BC leaders

The Hindu  

Former State BC Commission chairman Vakulabharanam Krishna Mohan Rao has criticised Chief Minister A.Revanth Reddy for stating that exceeding the 50% reservation cap was constitutionally impossible. He argued that a comprehensive caste survey could provide the necessary justification for legislative and constitutional measures to increase reservations. Several prominent intellectuals and BC association leaders, including Rajya Sabha MP R.Krishnaiah, former minister …

TPCC chief slams KTR for caste census re-survey demand
1 month, 3 weeks ago

TPCC chief slams KTR for caste census re-survey demand

The Hindu  

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president and MLC B. Mahesh Kumar Goud lashed out at Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president K.T. In a statement here on Sunday, Mr. Goud accused Mr.Rama Rao of making baseless charges regarding the BC caste census and attempting to discredit the Congress government’s efforts to uplift the Backward Classes. He highlighted that the Congress government had …

Caste census data will help in empowerment of BCs: Ponnam Prabhakar
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Caste census data will help in empowerment of BCs: Ponnam Prabhakar

The Hindu  

Minister for Backward Classes Welfare and Transport Ponnam Prabhakar has said that the recent caste census was conducted in a transparent manner with precision and its comprehensive data will help in devising effective policies for the welfare and empowerment of the backward classes and other marginalised communities. Speaking to the media here on Friday, the Minister hit out at the …

Rahul Gandhi’s controversial Telangana Caste Census: Unconstitutional Muslim classification, vote bank politics, and divisively polarising agenda
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi’s controversial Telangana Caste Census: Unconstitutional Muslim classification, vote bank politics, and divisively polarising agenda

Op India  

Rahul Gandhi’s government in Telangana conducted a caste survey in the months of November and December in 2024. Rahul Gandhi thundered in Lok Sabha how his government in Telangana finished a caste survey and shocking results came to light. Out of this, Rahul Gandhi’s government is claiming that 35,76,588 Muslims fall under the Backward Castes category. The summary report that …

Telangana caste survey: CM Revanth Reddy to hold meeting with MLAs today
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Telangana caste survey: CM Revanth Reddy to hold meeting with MLAs today

The Hindu  

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will hold a meeting with the party legislators at the MCRHRD Institute in Hyderabad on Thursday afternoon. The meeting assumes significance in wake of the Socio-Economic Survey report approved in the State Legislature along with the presentation of the Scheduled Castes sub-categorisation report in the both the Houses of the Legislature. The meeting, to …

Most accurate study since Independence: Minister Uttam
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Most accurate study since Independence: Minister Uttam

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: As questions are being raised over the veracity of the comprehensive door-to-door household survey conducted by the state government, Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy delivered a PowerPoint presentation, explaining the process adopted and official machinery deployed to survey the Congress MLAs and MLCs at the State Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. Speaker Gadam Prasad Kumar, Council …

Telangana must act on caste survey finds
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Telangana must act on caste survey finds

New Indian Express  

Telangana’s caste survey has the potential to stir a hornet’s nest. Though the Congress government neither tabled the survey in the assembly nor made its contents public, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy gave a snapshot of the findings. The survey says the backward classes constitute 46.25 percent of the state’s population, scheduled castes 17.43 percent, scheduled tribes 10.45 percent, and other …

Caste Data Will Be Used to Extend Sops: Bhatti
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Caste Data Will Be Used to Extend Sops: Bhatti

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Wednesday said the state government will utilise the caste census data for expanding welfare schemes to the needy and in making key policy decisions on welfare schemes and development programmes. Addressing a press conference in the Secretariat, Bhatti said though some people resorted to wrong and motivated campaign to create hurdles and …

Amid a delay in holding Census, vital reports on births and deaths pending since 2020
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Amid a delay in holding Census, vital reports on births and deaths pending since 2020

The Hindu  

With the decadal Census exercise pending since 2021 and unlikely to be conducted this year, at least two other key reports on births and deaths in the country have not been released by the Union Home Ministry for the past five years. Editorial | ​No more delays: On holding the Census According to the 2020 Civil Registration System report, Vital …

Telangana’s Survey of 3.54 crore people: The story so far
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Telangana’s Survey of 3.54 crore people: The story so far

The Hindu  

From November 2024, 3.54 crore people in Telangana were surveyed to determine their Social, Economical, Education, Employment, Political and Caste statuses. The Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues said that the caste census was last conducted in 1931 and the general population census had details on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes but not of Backward Classes. Soon after the Chief Minister …

Caste survey to reach out benefits of welfare schemes more effectively to targeted sections, says Bhatti
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Caste survey to reach out benefits of welfare schemes more effectively to targeted sections, says Bhatti

The Hindu  

Thanking the people for their large-scale participation in the Caste Survey, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has asserted that people responded positively to the government’s initiative aimed at reaching out the benefits of welfare schemes more effectively to the deserving sections. The data collected during the caste survey would be a crucial tool to plan and implement welfare schemes …

Telangana assembly adopts caste survey report, CM vows relief
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Telangana assembly adopts caste survey report, CM vows relief

Hindustan Times  

Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday asserted that his government was committed to using the finings of the latest caste survey conducted across the state to extend benefits to the backward classes in politics, education and employment. Speaking after presenting the report in the assembly, the chief minister said the caste survey was conducted in the wake of …

Telangana pushes for nationwide socio-economic, caste survey
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Telangana pushes for nationwide socio-economic, caste survey

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The state Legislative Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution calling upon the Union government to follow the Telangana model and conduct a “socio-economic, educational, employment, political and caste survey” to understand the dynamics of various castes. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy also announced that February 4 would be observed as “Telangana Social Justice Day” as it was on …

Revanth reaffirms commitment to SC sub-classification; govt. rejects creamy layer proposal
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Revanth reaffirms commitment to SC sub-classification; govt. rejects creamy layer proposal

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy reaffirmed his government’s commitment to Scheduled Caste sub-classification, declaring that Telangana will be the first State in the country to implement it. He announced that the government had rejected the one-member judicial commission’s recommendation to introduce a creamy layer within reservations, which suggested that MLAs, MPs, ZP chairpersons, mayors, and other public representatives, as well as …

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