The RSS supports the caste census, stressing it should be used solely for the welfare of underprivileged communities and not for political purposes. This debate is highlighted as the Parliament's ...

But if you are looking for one example that would fit Mannheim’s description, our current debate on caste census would be a good candidate. Every encounter with otherwise liberal and even progressive ...

Any push for a caste census cannot be solely motivated by electoral designs. Focus should be on schemes to help the most marginalised Caste is India’s oldest fault line; manifestations are ...

RSS spokesperson Sunil Ambekar said that caste and caste relations are sensitive issues in Hindu society and important for national unity. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday backed the ...

Recent election results have indicated that caste-based identities prevail in parts of rural India, with these loyalties triumphing over factors like development even seven decades after Independence.

Despite the lack of clear data to support a worsening picture, the national conversation on caste has taken a curious turn backwards read more The focus should be on removing the barriers to inclusion ...

Hyderabad: The BC Commission led by chairman G. Niranjan, met with keep officials to firm up plans for the proposed caste survey in the state. The two-hour meeting discussed the procedures to be ...

In a major development, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), BJP’s ideological parent, extended its support to the nationwide caste census on Monday (September 2) calling it a sensitive issue.

So, when Anuradha Tewari, a Bengaluru-based founder and chief executive officer of a content marketing firm, tweeted an image of herself in a sleeveless t-shirt flexing her arm muscles and captioned ...

Last month, the Supreme Court allowed states to sub-classify the broader scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) groupings to determine sub-quotas. The rationale is that these groups are ...

The government may add a caste column to the upcoming census, India Today reported on Monday, September 16. The last census was conducted in 2011 and was delayed due to the outbreak of the COVID ...