Caste-wise List will be Added to Indian Census-2011

Census, the process of assessing the total population is usually undertaken once in 10 years. Last census in India was taken in 1990.

In census the following details of the country will be available:-

In India ‘Caste-wise Census’ was taken in the year 1931 during the British Rule. After 1931 the caste-wise census was not taken in India.

In taking a caste-wise census, there have been practical difficulties such as:-

Some people think that the bifurcation among the people of India based on caste is removed or must be removed. Such people are against ‘caste-wise census’.

However, the Government of India and the State Governments are following ‘Reservation System’ based on Castes in:-

This Caste-wise reservations are for promoting the standard of living/status of downtrodden people belonging to some castes as scheduled by the Government of India.

Caste-wise reservations are offered in the following Categories:-

According to people against the caste-wise reservations:-

Some people suggested to offer reservations based on ‘Income’ and ‘Wealth’. Even the former Chief-Minister of Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.Ramachandran was in favour of such suggestions. However, the Government of India and the State Governments have not perused the possibility of such ‘income based reservations’.

Some Opposition Political parties in India have demanded to have a “Caste-wise Census” because:-There is no data related to caste-wise population in India after 1931 Census,The caste-wise census will enable to fix the reservations in the right proportions to people of various castes and It will help to streamline the reservations for ‘OBCNow, the Union Cabinet, after having consultations with all the political parties, has approved adding a list of Caste-wise Census to the “Census-2011”. The process of caste-wise census’ will be undertaken after completion the census-2011, from June to September 2012.