In an necessary resolution at this time (Wednesday, April 30, 2025), union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw mentioned that caste knowledge shall be included in census.
He mentioned that the choice was taken in a gathering of Cupboard Committee of political affairs at this time.
Learn what Vaishnaw says about census-
Below the management of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji, the Cupboard Committee on Political Affairs, determined at this time (April 30, 2025) that caste enumeration ought to be included within the forthcoming census.
He says it demonstrates that the Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) authorities is dedicated to the values and pursuits of society and nation, like up to now when it had launched 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections of the society with out inflicting stress in any part of the society.
The minister mentioned, “As per article 246 of the Structure of India, the topic Census is listed at 69 within the Union checklist in Seventh Schedule. In accordance with Structure of India, Census is a union topic.”
“This may strengthen the social and financial construction of our society whereas the nation continues to progress,” he mentioned.
The minister additional mentioned, “Some states have performed surveys to enumerate castes. Some states have executed this effectively, whereas some others have performed such surveys purely from a political angle in a non-transparent approach. Such surveys have created doubts in society. Contemplating all these details, and to make sure that our social cloth shouldn’t be disturbed by politics, caste enumeration ought to be transparently included within the Census as a substitute of surveys.”
Vaishnaw blames Congress
Taking a dig on the primary opposition social gathering, Vaishnaw mentioned that regardless of recommending caste census in 2010, Congress did not go forward with the caste census.
“Then Prime Minister Late Dr Manmohan Singh ji had assured the Lok Sabha that the matter of caste census could be thought-about within the Cupboard. A Group of Ministers was shaped to contemplate this topic. A lot of the political events had advisable caste census. Regardless of this, Congress authorities determined to conduct solely a survey as a substitute of caste census. That survey is named SECC,” says Vaishnaw.
What’s caste census?
A caste census is the kind of inhabitants survey the place knowledge is collected on the premise of caste composition of a rustic.
Within the census, info is gathered on the distribution of castes in a inhabitants, contemplating components reminiscent of their instructional ranges, socio-economic standing, and different related parameters.
The aim of the entire follow is to grasp the demographic composition of various caste teams and use this knowledge for useful resource allocation, evaluating the effectiveness of affirmative motion programmed, and coverage planning.
