The Centre on Wednesday announced the conduct of the decadal census, due since 2021, in two phases from next year. The caste census, a demand assiduously pursued by the Opposition, will be part of the exercise.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (May 25, 2025) said the caste enumeration announced as part of the decennial census was a step towards his government’s model of bringing the marginalised and those left behind in every field into the mainstream of development
Addressing a conclave of Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers belonging to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Mr. Modi said the success of Operation Sindoor was a reaffirmation of the achievements the country had made in its push towards self-reliance, underscoring the accuracy and precision of indigenous defence technology.
