New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Thursday has given the go ahead for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) and caste census. The aim of the BPL census is to divide the population economically into above and below poverty line groups while the caste census will give a correct idea about various castes in India. The census will begin in June and cost the exchequer Rs 3,500 crore. The last caste...
01:50 PM, May 19, 2011
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11:56 PM, Sep 09, 2010
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11:46 PM, Sep 09, 2010
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the inclusion of caste in census from 2011. It will be a full caste census separate from the census count going on now. The caste census will be taken up once the current round of population enumeration ends. The new census will collect names, addresses and castes of all citizens. "The Cabinet has given the go ahead for a full fledged caste...
01:23 PM, Sep 09, 2010
New Delhi: The Home Ministry is proposing a full caste census that would be separate form the census count going on now, sources tell CNN-IBN. The caste census would be taken up once the current round of population enumeration ends. In it, the census officials will collect caste related information of all residents in addition to their names, addresses. The Union Cabinet is expected to discuss this in its meeting...
07:30 PM, Sep 08, 2010
The group of Ministers has cleared the caste census and it is likely to be passed in Parliament too. But there's no consensus on whether caste should be counted as part of the census or separately by the biometric system. ...
07:00 AM, Aug 13, 2010
New Delhi: Central Government on Wednesday cleared caste-based census. The caste-based census will be done from December 2010 onwards. The decision to carry out caste-based census was taken by a Group of Ministers (GoM) that met in New Delhi on Wednesday. The GoM headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee considered the views of political parties on the issue before deciding to go ahead with it. Political parties like the Samajwadi...
07:07 PM, Aug 11, 2010
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12:04 AM, Aug 10, 2010
Ideologue Baburao Vaidya says RSS opposed to caste census but BJP doesn't have to agree with it. ...
06:36 PM, May 30, 2010
Union Minister Ajay Maken had written a letter to young MPs asking them to oppose caste-based Census. ...
03:57 PM, May 28, 2010
A division within the Cabinet has forced the issue of caste census to be referred to a Group of Ministers (GoM). ...
10:47 PM, May 26, 2010
The debate over caste-based Census intensifies as the Union Cabinet meets Wednesday to discuss the issue. ...
11:19 AM, May 26, 2010
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02:04 PM, May 12, 2010
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