The finding that castes in the “reserved” category constitute 84.48% of Bihar’s population, for whom the quota in government jobs is capped at 50% by the Supreme Court, is bound to have far-reaching ramifications in the state politics and beyond, according to analysts.
Giriraj Singh gave a new twist to the caste census, said - Census should be done for social interest, not political | पटना. जाति आधारित जनगणना को लेकर प्रधानमंत्री के साथ 23 अगस्त को हुई मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार के नेतृत्व में 11 सदस्यीय दल की मुलाकात के बाद केंद्रीय मंत्री ने ट्वीट कर इसे नया मोड़ दे दिया है. केंद्रीय ग्रामीण विकास एवं पंचायती राज मंत्री गिरिराज सिंह ने कहा है कि जो भी जनगणना हो, वह समाज के हित के लिए हो, राजनीतिक हित के लिए नहीं.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai. File
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Govt intention to conduct Census 2021 had been notified in Gazette of India on March 28, 2019, says Minister
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that there was “no proposal at present to release the report of the caste census” carried out in 2011.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011, was conducted by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and the then Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) in rural and urban areas respectively.