The issue of caste census will gain momentum again
In this matter, in July 2021, the government was asked a question on caste census in Parliament. Responding to which, the government had said that in the census, only SC-ST will be counted as before. That is, the government has no intention of counting OBC and other castes. The Bihar government also conducted caste census in its state in October 2023 and released the data. The opposition was constantly targeting the Modi government for not being ready to conduct caste census. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had also cornered the government several times on this issue.
When was the first census conducted?
Whereas after 2011, for the first time in 150 years, the country did not conduct a census after 10 years. While the first census in the country was conducted in 1872 during the time of British Viceroy Lord Mayo. However, the first complete census in India was conducted in 1881. Since then it has been conducted every 10 years. After 1949, it started being conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Union Home Ministry.
Big challenge before the new government
The last census in the country was conducted in 2011. After this, it was to be conducted in 2021. But it was postponed due to the Corona epidemic. The opposition kept demanding a caste census in it. But the government was not in favor of it. On 20 September 2023, Acting Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said during the discussion on the Women's Reservation Bill that the work of census and delimitation would be done after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In such a situation, now after the formation of the new government, the first big challenge before the government will be to conduct caste census in this census as well.
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