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The Centre announced on Wednesday that the caste census will be conducted along with the next population census, an exercise undertaken at the central level.
The decision was taken at the high-level meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) on Wednesday, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Addressing the media, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, "Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has decided today that caste enumeration would be included in the forthcoming census."
The move holds significance because the caste census has been one of the main poll planks of the Congress-led INDIA Bloc, and it ha...