Caste enumeration is a necessary exercise that will inevitably change the composition and politics of this social identity marker. Such a headcount wouldn’t just record reality, but may actually ...

Cabinet Committee decides on caste census for transformative governance, addressing inequities and enhancing democratic accountability in India.

CHENNAI: The School Education Department has issued a circular with a set of guidelines to end the recurring issue of caste-based violence in TN schools. As par ...

The latest addition to the “caste train” is State Senator Aisha Wahab, who introduced a caste bill in the state of California.

New Delhi: Delhi University has asked the applicants under the reserved categories to disclose their sub-caste details during registration on its Comm.

'For the first time in this country, perhaps the first time anywhere, we are going to use backwardness index.' 'It is a fundamental shift in the discourse in the country's social justice.' ...

Kanpur: Four people were arrested after a group of upper caste men allegedly tonsured the heads of a ‘katha vachak' (narrator of holy texts) and his a.

Why Congress' U-turn on Karnataka caste survey has left Siddaramaiah on sticky wicket Siddaramaiah was on the verge of accepting the Karnataka caste survey report despite strong reservations from ...

Etawah incident deepens caste divide, sets stage for 2027 political showdown With Assembly elections one and a half years away, Akhilesh appears to have found the perfect flashpoint to re-energise ...

However, the battle over caste identity continues, as it remains a struggle for both access to resources and access to status. In the traditional system, those with status gained resources.

The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to issue orders empowering revenue officials to grant “no caste, no community” certificates to applicants, Live Law reported on ...

However, rather than calling for caste to be added as a distinct category in the university’s discrimination policy, the task force recommended that caste-based discrimination should fall under ...