‘Serious doubts on intent’: Congress attacks Centre over caste census format; cites Telangana model

Ce sus
2027:
Ce t e
otifies
40
questio s;
caste
e ume atio
to
take
place
1st
time
si ce
I depe de ce

NEW
DELHI:
The
Co g ess
o
F iday
questio ed
the
Ce t e’s
app oach
to
caste
e ume atio
i
the
upcomi g
Ce sus,
sayi g
the
decisio
ot
to
p ovide
a
p e-p epa ed
list
of
castes
fo
espo de ts
to
choose
f om
aised
“se ious
doubts
o
i te t”.
The
pa ty
also
alleged
that
political
pa ties
had
ot
bee
co sulted
o
the
questio ai e.Co g ess
ge e al
sec eta y
i -cha ge
commu icatio s
Jai am
Ramesh
said
it
was
widely
expected
that
the
caste
questio
would
i clude
a
state-wise
list,
simila
to
the
caste
su veys
co ducted
i
Biha
a d
Tela ga a,
with
espo de ts
equi ed
to
tick
the
app op iate
optio .“This
has,
u fo tu ately,
ot
happe ed,
aisi g
se ious
doubts
o
i te t,”
Ramesh
said
i
a
post
o
X.

Kha ge’s
suggestio s
‘ig o ed’

Ramesh
also
sha ed
Co g ess
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge’s
May
5,
2025
lette
to
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
o
the
caste
ce sus,
sayi g
Kha ge’s
“ve y
fi st
a d
fu dame tal
suggestio ”
had
bee
ig o ed.

Kha ge
had
u ged
the
gove me t
to
d aw
o
the
Tela ga a
caste
su vey
model
while
fi alisi g
the
Ce sus
questio ai e
a d
had
also
called
fo
co sultatio s
with
all
political
pa ties.

He
had
a gued
that
caste
data
should
ot
be
collected
me ely
fo
cou ti g
commu ities
but
should
help
achieve
wide
socio-eco omic
objectives.

Ce t e
otifies
40
questio s

The
Ce t e
o
F iday
otified
40
questio s
to
be
asked
du i g
the
populatio
e ume atio
phase
of
Ce sus
2027,
i cludi g
questio s
o
caste
a d
the
place
of
Covid
vacci atio ,
ews
age cy
ANI
epo ts.A
gove me t
otificatio
said
espo de ts
would
be
asked
whethe
they
belo ged
to
a
Scheduled
Caste
o
Scheduled
T ibe
a d,
sepa ately,
about
thei
caste.
Sou ces
said
the
questio ai e
is
u likely
to
ca y
a
p e-p epa ed
list
of
castes,
with
espo ses
i stead
bei g
eco ded
as
p ovided
by
espo de ts.This
will
be
the
fi st
time
caste
details
a e
bei g
collected
as
pa t
of
the
dece ial
Ce sus.