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Unmasking the social justice script of the Bihar Mahagathbandhan
June 30, 2025 4:13 pm
The Mahagathbandhan's caste survey failed because it mistook enumeration for emancipation. It was an electoral strategy disguised as empowerment
Caste census could further strengthen the dominant OBCs
May 29, 2025 12:44 pm
Stronger cohesion should be the response to prevalent caste inequality. Caste enumeration might jeopardise these possibilities by binding leaders to their specific castes and interests
Counting caste in the census is first step towards building fraternity
May 07, 2025 1:00 pm
As Ambedkar feared, fraternity, especially across castes, is still largely missing, and remains the least remembered promise in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution
After Congress letter to PM Modi, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar reiterates demand for caste census
April 17, 2023 12:49 pm
"All parties in Bihar had the same view when we decided to have a caste-based census and it is currently being conducted in the state," Nitish Kumar said.
'Reliable database essential for social justice': Mallikarjun Kharge writes to PM Modi over decennial, caste census
April 17, 2023 9:22 am
"In the absence of an updated Caste Census, I am afraid a reliable data base so very essential for meaningful social justice and empowerment programmes, particularly for OBCs, is incomplete," Kharge said in the letter.
The measure of poverty
July 20, 2015 5:15 am
Estimates based on SECC and NSS data have different purposes.
Socio-economic Status: Five key takeaways from SECC
July 09, 2015 7:30 pm
This exercise, throws up valuable insights into the socio-economic status and living conditions of rural households. We identify five major ones.
Socio Economic and Caste Census: In rural areas, only 3.2 % graduates in Punjab, 4.14 % in Haryana
July 05, 2015 4:48 am
Of the 1.60 crore rural population in Haryana, 11.37 per cent are literate below primary level.
Denied tablets,BMC extends caste-based census deadline
September 06, 2012 4:35 am
Short of tablet PCs,BMC has pushed the deadline for completing the citys caste-based census by four months.
Caste census far from completion in UP,Bihar
August 23, 2012 6:42 pm
14.81% and 18% population in UP and Bihar respectively has been covered under SECC.
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