“A full year has passed. The details of how this caste enumeration will be done are still awaited. There has been no dialogue with Opposition parties and state governments, let alone with experts in this subject,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said
The stance of the OBC leaders is at variance with the Congress’s official position that has been pressing for an immediate roll out of women’s reservation law
The Samajwadi Party chief says the women’s reservation law should be implemented after a caste census so that representation for women from backward communities can be ensured in a fair manner
Broadly, the four volumes has data on percentage of people — across social categories — who benefitted from reservations in various categories of education and government employment; livelihoods, education levels and other key aspects.
The Congress has accused the Modi government of playing politics in the name of the women's reservation law and asserted that the proposed delimitation exercise linked to it was "not constitutional"
Cabinet Secretariat cites RTI Act provisions while withholding records related to inter-ministerial deliberations on caste enumeration in Census 2027