India urgently needs a caste census – so why isn t the Modi government allowing one?
India urgently needs a caste census – so why isn t the Modi government allowing one?
India runs massive policy programs based on caste. Yet refuses to collect data on them. This paradox means the government is working blind. Representational Image | Utpal Baruah/Reuters
On July 20, the Modi government told Parliament that it had decided to not conduct a caste census. The only caste-wise data the next census would collate would be on Dalits and Adivasis, the same as every census in independent India’s history. India’s largest caste bloc – the other backward classes – would not figure in the exercise.
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