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In a significant decision, the Bihar government has announced a 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in the states judicial services, as well as in government-run law...

India News: BHUBANESHWAR: After Bihar, the Odisha government is planning to publish a survey report on backward classes soon.

Mitali Chinara, a member of the commission, said the panel which completed its door-to-door survey in July this year found 10.95 million or 46% people belonging to the 208 backward castes

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Debate on caste census needs to be relaunched as a dialogue among citizens on the very nature of nationhood and democracy

Caste has, for generations, defined the social status, occupation and mindset of that community. It is not easy to violate the caste hierarchy which had sanctions from religious texts. Frustrated with the caste system, Ambedkar, in his ‘Annihilation of Caste said, “You cannot build anything on the foundations of caste. You cannot build up a nation, you cannot build up a morality. Anything that you will build on the foundations of caste will crack and will never be a whole.”

The state government released the results of the controversial Bihar caste survey on October 2, despite the heavy reluctance by the opposition parties.

Data from the study bolsters the demands to remove the cap on 50% caste quota and conduct a similar exercise at a national level.

A day after releasing data from a controversial caste-based survey in the state, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called for an all-party meeting today to present the findings of the census report and deliberate on the next course of action.