The central government on Wednesday announced that the caste census will be a part of the next national census exercise. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw made the announcement and said that a decision to this effect was taken at the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs meeting.
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00:00So there you heard the union minister extremely tight-lipped about what happened in the CCS meeting
00:06or ensuring that no questions are asked about the security briefings
00:13and making it absolutely clear that he's only going to talk about the launch of the highway,
00:18the agricultural changes and later he pulled out a piece of paper
00:24and gave this big breaking news that the caste census is now going to be included
00:29in the regular census.
00:32Now this is a demand that had been raised by multiple parties including MK Stalin's DMK
00:38who had recently reiterated his demand that caste data should be part of the general census
00:47and now it seems that the government has said that it will be part of the general census
00:53but has also clearly stated that many parties are using the caste census as a way to just do politics
01:02and clearly the union minister here raised a finger at the Congress.
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03:49Friends, I will read.
04:19Transparently in the census, general census which was unfortunately not conducted in 2021 and is now scheduled to be conducted soon.
04:31So the census which is done after every decade will include the caste census as well.
04:39And the minister here very clearly stated that it will be a transparent activity.
04:44He also pointed fingers at the opposition and said that many parties have taken this opportunity of the caste census to play politics.
04:54Now for more on this, let's go across to my colleague Aishwarya Paliwal.
04:58Aishwarya, this caste census has been a long-standing demand of many regional parties as well.
05:05And there has been pressure in certain areas and certain states on the Congress as well.
05:11So how important or how big is this inclusion?
05:19Well, this is huge because we have seen how one of the major things that the opposition party, specifically the Congress party, over the past many elections,
05:25they have been speaking about the fact that there is a caste census that needs to be done.
05:29So to be able to blunt what the opposition has been saying, it's a strategic move, a smart move from the government.
05:35The CCPA today has decided that when the next census will take place, the census will actually take place in 2026.
05:41In that census, there will be a separate column for caste, but there will be no different caste censuses like the Congress and the opposition parties have been asking for.
05:49So in one stroke, the government has given out a clear indication what will happen next time when we see the census taking place.
05:56There will be separate columns and in those columns, the caste censuses, the enumeration of the caste will be done.
06:01There won't be a separate caste censuses in a way, trying to blunt what the opposition has been saying.
06:06And this is also very, very crucial given the very crucial Bihar elections, because in Bihar, this has been a big thing that the opposition party,
06:12specifically the RLD and the Congress have been asking for.
06:15The government very well will turn around and say that we have taken a call and with regards to that call, it will be done soon.
06:21Thank you, Aishwarya, for all that update.