New Delhi, May 30 -- Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said caste enumeration in the upcoming census exercise will be a transformative step to bring about social justice and rejected suggestions that it could lead to problems in the society. He also said thoughtfully-collected caste data will be an instrument of integration, like an MRI of the body.
Dhankhar said effective policy planning without robust statistics can be compared to a surgery carried out in the dark. Addressing Indian Statistical Service (IIS) probationers here, he said caste enumeration will be a transformative step and a game-changer. It will help bring about social justice and will be an eye-opener. "It will satisfy people's aspirations. It is a very broad dec...