Caste census

A robust three-tier training structure has been prepared for this massive national campaign, in which 45,000 field trainers have been trained by 100 national trainers and 2000 master trainers.

In another post, Khera lamented that the ‘caste’ was not mentioned in the gazette notification for Census 2027. He compared the notification issued by Congress government in Telangana with BJP-led Central government’s notification.

The development has come as a major embarrassment for Congress scion Rahul Gandhi, who recently caste aspersions on the BJP government at the Centre regarding the conduct of a national caste survey.

The Central government on Wednesday announced that the Population Census-2027 will be conducted in two phases, and will also include enumeration of castes.

Two resolutions were passed in the NDA Chief Ministers’ Conclave, first on the success of Operation Sindoor and second on the caste census

This caste census conducted in 1931 continued to influence Indian politics for decades to come. It was stated in this report that the total population of Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the country is 52%. On this basis, politics like 'backwards should get 60 out of 100' started. This politics later on turned into Mandal-Kamandal politics.

The Rohini Commission found that only 25% of OBC castes were availing 97% of OBC reservation benefits in jobs and education.

The demand for Muslim reservations will not be met because it is forbidden to make reservations for religious reasons.

The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has that caste census will be conducted along with the next general census.