Caste enumeration in census exercise: No need to tweak law, say officials

Caste enumeration in census exercise: No need to tweak law, say officials

Citing section 8 of the law, officials pointed out that a census officer "may ask all such questions" as "he may be directed to ask

Congress claims credit for making Centre announce caste census - Pioneer Edge | Uttarakhand News in English | Dehradun News Today

PIONEER NEWS SERVICE | Dehradun The Congress has claimed that the Union government has bowed to the pressure from the Congress and decided to conduct a caste census in the nation. Addressing the media here on Sunday, the Pradesh Congress Committee vice president Suryakant Dhasmana said that in the Nyay Path resolution passed in the All India Congress Committee’s Ahmedabad session, the party had clearly stated its intention to undertake a nationw…