New Delhi Bowing to demands by several political parties, the Union Cabinet today gave its approval for a caste-based census to be implemented through a separate house-to-house enumeration from June to September next year.
It would be a process separate from Census 2011. “After considering various options based on the response of political parties, the Cabinet decided that a separate house-to-house enumeration of caste will be done from June to September 2011,” Home Minister P. Chidambaram told reporters here. The Cabinet meeting was presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
According to reports, the proposal to include caste in the next census exercise was cleared by a voice vote at the cabinet meeting. The government has also reportedly earmarked Rs 2,000 to 3,000 crore for the census. Read Full Story
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