India to ask caste status in next census for first time in decades

[Article] Le prochain recensement de la population indienne permettra de connaître le détail des castes.


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India to ask caste status in next census for first time in decades.
New Delhi (AFP) - India will conduct its first official caste census since independence, the government announced on Wednesday, a move likely to have far-reaching consequences for its politics and contentious affirmative action policies.
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This article was published Friday, 2 May, 2025 by AFP
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More than two-thirds of India's 1.4 billion people are estimated to be on the lower rungs of a millennia-old social hierarchy that divides Hindus by function and social standing - Money SHARMA (AFP)

More than two-thirds of India's 1.4 billion people are estimated to be on the lower rungs of a millennia-old social hierarchy that divides Hindus by function and social standing - Money SHARMA (AFP)


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