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The Modi government has announced that caste enumeration will be included in the next census exercise, scheduled for 2021, amidst ongoing demands from the Opposition and in the lead-up to Bihar elections. The decision comes at a sensitive political time, with pressure on the government to respond to the Pahalgam terror attack. The government is yet to decide on the date for the census. Caste data has never been included in a census since independence.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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