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Caste census is need of the hour, a pro-development measure: Nitish Kumar
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said that the caste census is the need of the hour, adding that it is pro-development and help policymakers prepare welfare policies targetting the backward castes.
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'Will do whatever is sensible for our people to reduce discrimination' Odi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): In the backdrop of the Centre virtually ruling out a caste-based census as per its affidavit in the Supreme Court, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said that Odisha will do whatever will be sensible for its people in order to reduce the discrimin
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BJP not in favour of giving OBCs their rights proportional to population:
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Days after the Centre told the Supreme court that collection of Other Backward Classes (OBC) information in census 2021 is not feasible, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday slammed the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) saying the ruling party is
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Conducting caste census is in national interest: RJD's Tejashwi Yadav
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], September 24 (ANI): Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said that conducting a caste-based census is in the national interest.
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Exclusion of any caste other than SC/ST from 2021 Census, a conscious poli
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): The Centre has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court and said the exclusion of any caste other than Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe from the purview of the upcoming 2021 Census is a "conscious policy decision" taken by Central government.
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Congress forms 7-member committee to study matters of caste census
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday constituted a seven-member committee to study the matters related to caste census.
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Pakistan underscores yet another abyss, undercounts minorities in census
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 2 (ANI): Minorities in Pakistan have accused the government of undercounting them in the sixth Population and Housing Census, according to a media report.
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BJP leader Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu writes to PM Modi for caste-based census
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 31 (ANI): Demand for caste-based census started to rise within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the party’s former Rajya Sabha MP wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, urging him to conduct the census.
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People avail Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY benefits in Jammu- Kashmir's Poonch
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 27 (ANI): People in Poonch are availing benefits under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in which eligible people on the basis of Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 can avail medical facilities up to Rs 5 lakh free
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Arun Jaitley had given written assurance for caste-based census, claims La
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Reiterating the demand of caste-based census, Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday claimed that BJP leader Arun Jaitley had given a written assurance on the matter.
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BJP leader CP Thakur opposes caste-based census, terms it useless
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 25 (ANI): Former Rajya Sabha MP and BJP leader CP Thakur on Wednesday opposed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's call for having a caste-based census.
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Authentic data will help to remove 50 per cent cap on reservation, says Od
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], August 25 (ANI): The Biju Janata Dal on Tuesday in Bhubaneswar said that unless the government does not generate authentic data on caste, the Supreme Court will not remove the 50 per cent ceiling on the reservation.
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