NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous country.

The caste system is like an elephant in the room, you may not like it, but you can not ignore it. In the caste surveys held in the past, the population by caste, religion, and occupation were recorded ...

The Congress on Thursday attacked the government after its announcement of the decision to include caste enumeration in the forthcoming census, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the "master of ...

The country needs to hear the truth. Whose government was there in 1951 and whose system was in force... In 1931, the last caste census was done that is before Independence” he said. Also Read ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next population census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous country. The ...

The caste system is still critical in Indian life and politics, though some people say it should not have a place in a nation that aspires to be a developed economy. India has limited data on the ...

India's cabinet has approved the inclusion of citizens' caste details in its population census, the information minister says, seeking to gain the initiative in a sensitive issue ahead of regional ...

India will conduct its first official caste census since independence, the government announced on Wednesday, a move likely to have far-reaching consequences for its politics and contentious ...