2011 caste census data 'fraught' with mistakes and inaccuracies: Centre to Supreme Court
The affidavit was filed in the top court in response to a plea by Maharashtra seeking a direction to the Centre and other concerned authorities to disclose to the state the SECC 2011 raw caste data of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), which is not made available to them on "repeated demand".
Sep 24, 2021, 08:43 AM IST
PM listened to our demands carefully: Nitish Kumar said after meeting PM on caste-wise census
Leaders of 10 parties, including CM Nitish Kumar, met PM Modi on the issue of caste census. After meeting the PM, CM Nitish Kumar said that the leaders of Bihar have an opinion on this. Everyone spoke in favor of caste based census. PM Modi listened carefully to everyone's words.
Aug 23, 2021, 13:18 PM IST
Demand for Caste Census arose from Bihar, Bihar CM Nitish leading the delegation to meet PM
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said that the caste-wise census should be conducted at least once in the entire country. Ahead of his meeting with PM Narendra Modi, Nitish further said that the demand for caste-wise enumeration of population during Census-2021 was an important issue and "we have been demanding it for a long time. "
Aug 23, 2021, 12:50 PM IST
Not denied caste census demand, decision lies with PM Modi, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
“People in Bihar and the entire country are of the same opinion on this issue. We are grateful to the PM for listening to us. Now, he has to take a decision on it,” said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after the meeting.
Aug 23, 2021, 12:29 PM IST
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, top political leaders to meet PM Narendra Modi over caste census
Kumar’s JD-U, an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar, is in favour of a caste-based census. He has been advocating for a caste-based census in the country and had thus sought an appointment with the Prime Minister.
Aug 23, 2021, 07:00 AM IST
Nitish Kumar arrives in Delhi to meet PM Modi over demands of caste-based census
Nitish Kumar arrived in New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the caste-based census.
Aug 22, 2021, 23:15 PM IST
Caste Census: Tejashwi Yadav writes a letter to PM, seeking time to meet
The issue of caste census has become like a new lifeline for the opposition these days. The opposition is taking this issue so seriously as if its future is running on the rope of this caste. From UP to Bihar, this issue remains the center of politics.
Aug 14, 2021, 09:28 AM IST
BSP will support Centre if it takes concrete steps for holding OBC census: Mayawati
The Union government had informed the Parliament last month that a headcount of only the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was proposed. This has led to renewed demands that the population of all castes be ascertained afresh in course of the census.
Aug 06, 2021, 15:04 PM IST