New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday, in an interim order, directed the Election Commission to issue the election programme without any further delay on the basis of the wards as per the delimitation done in the concerned local bodies where the elections had become due in Madhya Pradesh.
Amid a growing deamnd from political parties for a caste census, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that caste Census of Backward Classes is “administratively difficult and cumbersome”. The Centre added that excluding caste information from the purview of Census is a “conscious policy decision” The Centre’s stand assumes significance as recently, a 10-party […]
New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): The Centre has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court and said the exclusion of any caste other than Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe from the purview of the upcoming 2021 Census is a "conscious policy decision" taken by Central government.