According to an official release, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw, ceremonially flagged off these strategic associations and emphasised India's potential to become a global leader in media and entertainment.
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected the Mumbai bullet train station at Bandra Kurla Complex, stating that construction is progressing rapidly with tunnelling and basement work underway. He noted the station will be a world-class, multi-level infrastructure project.
Acharya Prashant said it is a good step if the caste census is used to identify marginalised communities for more accurate and efficient policy making.
Renowned Spiritual Teacher and founder of PrashantAdvait Foundation Acharya Prashant on Friday said that data collection is "neither forward nor backward", adding that it is the intention behind caste census that matters the most.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday predicted that the World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) will go on to become a benchmark in the world, saying that the ministers from foreign countries who participated in the summit appreciated the initiative.
NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Thursday welcomed the Union government's decision to conduct a caste census along with the decadal census, calling it a long-pending demand since 1992.
Speaking to ANI, Prakash Ambedkar questioned the timing and intent behind the announcement, alleging that it is aimed at suppressing growing demands for an OBC caste census and concealing what he termed the "economic genocide" of backward communities under upper-caste rule.
The Minister of Information and Broadcasting today announced the launch of the Indian Institute of Creative Technology (IICT) at the Waves Summit 2025.
"For the Congress party caste census has always been a prejudiced political tool for exploiting the deprived sections. Jawaharlal Nehru never conducted caste census. Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi never conducted caste census. They were always opposed to the welfare of the disadvantaged section
"This landmark step will ensure that India has authentic, scientific, and transparent caste data--moving away from politically motivated state-level surveys that often lacked credibility or uniformity," he added.