Caste census

After row, Punjab government to remove ‘objectionable’ casteist words from drug survey forms

May 20, 2026 1:49 pm

Officials said the format for the drug and socio-economic survey in Punjab was sourced from the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Casteist slur or routine form?: National SC panel issues notice to Punjab census director, seeks report

May 20, 2026 11:06 am

Navjot Khosa, Director of Census Operations, Punjab, said that the Census document handed over to the enumerators has been in use since 1950.

Punjab caste census: All eyes on AAP’s survey as conversion row grips state

April 22, 2026 1:57 pm

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has claimed that the caste census data will help the government formulate policies for the upliftment of marginalised communities.

From Telangana, an index that confirms — and challenges — what we know about caste

April 21, 2026 5:01 pm

The Composite Backwardness Index's sharpest contribution is what it reveals within caste groups long treated as categorical units

Caste-based socioeconomic survey started in Punjab: Mann

April 02, 2026 7:51 am

Punjab caste-based socio-economic survey begins to map land, income, and drug use data across rural and urban households statewide.

Caste enumeration in second phase of Census exercise, says Census Commissioner

March 31, 2026 5:33 am

First phase to be completed within 30-day window between April and Sept.

Why Andre Beteille’s nuanced legacy matters: India’s foremost sociologist who contested caste census

February 05, 2026 10:43 am

As a scholar who brought Karl Marx and Max Weber to the centre of Indian sociological studies, Beteille thought the importance of caste would decline over time; he was criticised by many scholars

'Agree in principle': Supreme Court on concerns over self-declaration for census caste enumeration

February 03, 2026 5:08 am

The petitioner raised a concern before the Supreme Court that without a "verifiable material" requirement, the census data could be compromised by "hazardous" inaccuracies.

Stalin urges Centre to consult states on caste enumeration in upcoming census

January 12, 2026 3:55 am

Yogendra Yadav writes: We need to move from a caste census with a capital C to one with a small c

November 11, 2025 1:58 pm

Only then can we have a full inventory of how assets and opportunities are distributed in contemporary India