Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale, advocates for caste-based job quotas in the private sector, citing the ongoing privatisation of government enterprises, ...

RAIPUR: Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale has pitched for caste-based job quota in ...

Davangere:Veerasomeshwara Swamiji of the Rambhapuri Peetha in Balehonnur stated on Monday that only the central government has the authority to conduct a caste census, not the state ...

The Government Statistician must agree with key users, population experts and statisticians on a process for Identifying the full range of due diligence critical for the proposed census change. My own ...

A census is a rigorous, legally-backed exercise typically conducted under the Census Act of 1948 by the central government. It involves trained enumerators, standardised formats, multiple rounds of ...

The Central government has asked all states and Union Territories (UT) to carry out all the changes in the boundaries of administrative jurisdictions before December 31 this year, after which they ...

A caste-based enumeration carried out in Marwar kingdom in 1664 – for the purpose of tax documentation – influenced colonial ...

The procedure for revising the state’s electoral rolls resembles that laid out for preparing the National Register of ...

The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has said that the 16th census will see involvement of about 3.4 million enumerators and ...

The Centre has asked states and Union Territories to make any proposed changes in the boundaries of administrative units before December 31, when they will be considered final for the census exercise.

The citizens will also be asked about cereal consumption, sources of drinking water and lighting, type and access to latrines ...