Constitutional Provisions

The Caste Enumeration in Census has been a long-debated demand in Indian polity and social justice discourse. With the Union Cabinet approving this major reform in the upcoming decennial Census, the government is set to conduct India’s first caste census since 1931, excluding SCs and STs which are already enumerated. This move is politically, socially, and constitutionally significant — with ripple effects expected across electoral politics, reservations, and welfare governance.