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1 week, 2 days ago

Telangana CM announces 98 pc completion of caste survey, promises better representation for Kuruma community

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday announced that 98% of the caste survey undertaken by the state government had been completed. The survey, which is aimed at collecting detailed socio-economic, employment, and caste-related data, is part of a broader initiative to ensure better representation for various communities, particularly the Kuruma community, in the state’s political and governance structures. …

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4 weeks ago

K Kavitha urges more backward reservations in caste survey in report to BC panel

India Today

Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLC K Kavitha, on Monday, submitted a detailed report highlighting key issues impacting backward classes, to the BC Dedicated Commission Chairman Busani Venkateswara Rao. The report, prepared after extensive consultations across Telangana on the findings of the state’s caste survey, listed the need for enhanced reservations for BCs in local body elections. Telangana Jagruthi, under Kavitha's leadership, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Telangana: Teachers cite NAS test to skip caste survey

Deccan Chronicle

WARANGAL: Teacher unions and Opposition parties on Wednesday urged the state government to exclude government primary school teachers from caste survey duties, as they are preparing Classes III, VI, and IX students for the National Achievement Survey test scheduled for December 4 in Warangal and Karimnagar districts. The state government assigned government primary school teachers as enumerators for the comprehensive …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Telangana begins first caste-based census since 1931, set to cover over 1.17 crore households

Live Mint

Telangana begins caste-based Survey: The Congress-led government in Telangana has launched the state’s first-ever caste-based survey. Caste Survey: A Historic Step for Telangana Congress leader Jairam Ramesh hailed the start of the caste-based survey, calling it a "historic, revolutionary moment" for the state. Congress Pushes for Nationwide Caste Census Jairam Ramesh further noted that the caste survey in Telangana forms …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

T'gana BJP MLA asks Rahul Gandhi's 'religion' after Cong govt. begins caste survey

The Hindu

Telangana BJP MLA A Maheshwar Reddy on Wednesday said the Congress government is trying to deceive the backward classes in the name of caste survey. Taking strong exception to the BJP MLA’s comments on Gandhi, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president B Mahesh Kumar Goud asked whether Maheshwar Reddy was not aware of Gandhi's caste when he was in Congress. Talking …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Telangana begins caste survey with house listing exercise

Hindustan Times

Telangana on Wednesday launched a comprehensive household caste survey to provide socio-economic, educational, employment and political opportunities for the Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and weaker sections, becoming the third province in the last two years to embark on the exercise. State backward classes welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar formally kicked off the survey at the Greater Hyderabad Municipal …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi to address Congress leaders on November 5

The Hindu

Congress leader and also leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi will address the Congress workers on Tuesday in the city as the Telangana government starts his idea of a caste census through a caste survey to determine the number people belonging to the Backward Classes. Mr. Gandhi is likely to give a direction to the party leaders and …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Telangana: Dedicated panel to oversee caste survey for BC reservations

New Indian Express

HYDERABAD: Following a recent Telangana High Court order, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has decided to establish a dedicated commission to conduct a caste survey on BC reservations in local body elections. To avoid legal complications in the implementation of BC reservations in local bodies, the chief minister instructed officials to immediately set up a dedicated BC commission and told …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

TS to conduct caste survey: 80,000 employees to be roped in

Deccan Chronicle

The Telangana government is expected to launch a caste survey in the state from November 4-5. The survey will cover 80,000 government employees and 3,500 houses will be constructed for the poorest of the poor. The road network improvement is expected to cost between Rs 25,000 crore to Rs 28,000 crore in the next four years.

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3 months ago

MSP, caste survey among Congress’s guarantees for Haryana voters

Hindustan Times

The Congress on Wednesday promised a law on minimum support prices, a caste survey and restoration of the Old Pension Scheme in Haryana, as it rolled out seven guarantees and underlined plans for farmers, women and young people in the northern state if voted to power in the October 5 assembly elections. “We will implement these guarantees and that is …

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3 months, 3 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 …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Telangana BC panel prepares ground for caste survey

New Indian Express

HYDERABAD: As a first step towards conducting a caste census in the state, the BC Commission on Monday held discussions with various stakeholders. A delegation of people’s committee on caste census met the BC Commission chairman Dr Vakulabharanam Krishna Mohan Rao, member-secretary B Bala Maya Devi and members Ch Upendra, Shubhpradh Patel Nooli and K Kishor Goud at the panel’s …

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8 months, 1 week ago

In Bihar’s Kishanganj, a cylinder delivery agent wants to usher in change

The Hindu

April 09, 2024 09:20 pm | Updated 10:48 pm IST - Kishanganj Away from the heated poll campaigns of mainstream political parties, Chhotelal Mahto, 47, is busy arranging gas cylinders on his cart in the Moti Bagh area of Kishanganj. Mr. Mahto, popularly known as ‘vidhyak ji’, is an independent candidate from the Kishanganj Lok Sabha seat and has been …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Caste survey report puts Siddaramaiah in a fix

Hindustan Times

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah appears to have opened a Pandora’s box by finally accepting the socio-economic and education survey, generally known as caste survey report, as leaders from his own party belonging to dominant Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities questioned the caste survey submitted to the CM on Thursday. Karnataka State Permanent Backward Classes Commission chairman K Jayaprakash Hegde submitted a …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka: Hegde commission submits caste survey report to CM

Hindustan Times

Karnataka’s much awaited socio-economic and education survey report, popularly known as the caste survey report, was submitted to chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday by the chairman of state’s backward classes commission, K Jayaprakash Hegde, setting the state’s political pot boiling ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah receives the 'Caste Census' report submitted by K Jayaprakash Hegde, chairman …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka: Panel all set to submit caste survey report

New Indian Express

BENGALURU: The Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes is all set to submit the much-awaited report on the socio-economic education survey, also known as caste survey, to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday. Successive governments, including Siddaramaiah’s, had dragged their feet on accepting the report that had been mired in controversies. The report is coming at a time when the Congress …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Caste survey in Telangana soon, govt moves resolution in Assembly

Live Mint

The Congress government in Telangana on Friday moved a resolution in the state assembly to conduct a caste survey in the state. ".To implement various Socio, Economic, Educational, Employment and Political opportunities for the amelioration of Backward Classes, SC and ST citizens of the state and other weaker sections of the state," reads the resolution. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Schedules Final Hearing Of Pleas Challenging Bihar Govt's Caste Survey In April

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Monday scheduled in April the final hearing of a clutch of public interest litigation petitions challenging the constitutionality of the caste-based survey conducted by the State of Bihar. A division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Dutta was hearing special leave petitions filed by non-governmental organisations Youth for Equality and Ek Soch Ek Prayas and …

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1 year ago

Have not opposed caste census, says Shivakumar after Kharge’s charge

Hindustan Times

Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said he is not opposed to the state’s caste survey but wants it to be done in a scientific and systematic manner, in a clarification that came amid deep divisions within the ruling Congress on the subject and a day after party president Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the former’s stand on the caste …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh election: Caste count plank adds new strand to key battle

Hindustan Times

Dappled slats of sunlight filtered through flecks of dust and soot warm Kunti Devi’s humble tea shop at the kachha crossroads outside Tundri village. Then one man mentions the Congress’s repeated refrain on the campaign trail of a nationwide caste census and the tempo abruptly dips. In this confusion playing out in the flatlands of Chhattisgarh days before a crucial …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Bihar caste survey report: no copy for journalists, only for members of the House

The Hindu

The much-hyped caste survey report of the Bihar government was released on October 2 and a detailed report was tabled in the State Assembly on November 7 along with a proposal for raising reservation cap for Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from 50% to 65%. “In the digital era, caste survey report has not even …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Rahul hits out at Modi over OBC welfare, vows caste survey in Chhattisgarh

Hindustan Times

Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls himself an OBC leader but shies away from holding a caste survey to ensure the availability of the government’s socio-economic benefits to them, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday. Addressing a rally in Ambikapur constituency of poll-bound Chhattisgarh, Gandhi also alleged the BJP calls the tribals ‘vanvasi’ instead of ‘adivasi’ as it does not …

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1 year, 1 month 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 …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Bihar caste survey decoded: Data reveals alarming poverty, job challenges

Live Mint

The caste survey report in Bihar, which was tabled in the Assembly by Parliamentary Affairs Department Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary on Tuesday, has revealed alarming data on the jobs and poverty challenges in the state. According to the Bihar caste survey, 34.1 per cent of Bihar’s households are poor and only 1.57 per cent which is 2,049,370 of the state’s …

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Telangana CM announces 98 pc completion of caste survey, promises better representation for Kuruma community

K Kavitha urges more backward reservations in caste survey in report to BC panel

Telangana: Teachers cite NAS test to skip caste survey

Telangana begins first caste-based census since 1931, set to cover over 1.17 crore households

T'gana BJP MLA asks Rahul Gandhi's 'religion' after Cong govt. begins caste survey

Telangana begins caste survey with house listing exercise

Rahul Gandhi to address Congress leaders on November 5

Telangana: Dedicated panel to oversee caste survey for BC reservations

TS to conduct caste survey: 80,000 employees to be roped in

MSP, caste survey among Congress’s guarantees for Haryana voters

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

Telangana BC panel prepares ground for caste survey

In Bihar’s Kishanganj, a cylinder delivery agent wants to usher in change

Caste survey report puts Siddaramaiah in a fix

Karnataka: Hegde commission submits caste survey report to CM

Karnataka: Panel all set to submit caste survey report

Caste survey in Telangana soon, govt moves resolution in Assembly

Supreme Court Schedules Final Hearing Of Pleas Challenging Bihar Govt's Caste Survey In April

Have not opposed caste census, says Shivakumar after Kharge’s charge

Chhattisgarh election: Caste count plank adds new strand to key battle

Bihar caste survey report: no copy for journalists, only for members of the House

Rahul hits out at Modi over OBC welfare, vows caste survey in Chhattisgarh

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

Bihar caste survey decoded: Data reveals alarming poverty, job challenges