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India to ask caste status in next census for first time in decades

  • India will conduct its first official caste census since independence, as announced by the government on April 30.
  • The decision was approved during a government meeting led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  • Amit Shah, India's Interior Minister, described the census move as 'historic.'
  • Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi stated he 'welcomed' the move.
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India will include caste details in its next census

India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous nation.

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La Jornada broke the news in Mexico on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
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