Reservation, one of the unique characteristics of the Constitution, has been implemented after rounds of debates. Instead of using any one-size-fits- ...

The BJP used to be opposed to a caste census. Then, to deprive the Congress and other opposition parties of the credit, it ...

The 1931 Census of India, the last one to enumerate castes in the country, had counted over 4,147 different castes and sub-castes across the country, which included over 300 caste groups that had ...

By Dr. Nadia Shaikh India, a land of immense diversity, is home to people of various castes, religions, and ethnic ...

An Indian court has denied Christians of Dalit origin legal protections meant for lower caste people, saying a person who ...

An extensive exchange of letters between Savarkar and and British officials shows he once exhorted the importance of ...

India is set to conduct its first caste-based census in years, and for the first time, Muslim communities will also be asked ...

A caste census will lead to demands for reservations in jobs and education proportional to the population share. Hindu upper castes are anxious that their share will shrink.

The Union government has announced that caste enumeration would be a part of the next nationwide census. Population ...

The government has decided to hold a caste census along with the upcoming Census. Data collected by the Census will impact ...