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What does it mean for India to conduct a caste census?
Manage episode 481148026 series 2606066
The Union cabinet has announced that the next population Census will also include questions on caste. This is a sharp departure from the ruling BJP’s long-standing opposition to a caste census.
How do we understand this U-turn? How would this caste census differ from the last one, conducted in 1931? Given the massive scale and logistics involved, what are the challenges involved, and how do we ensure the integrity of the exercise and the data collection process?
Guest: Satish Deshpande, well-known sociologist Host: G Sampath, Social Affairs Editor, The Hindu
Edited by Sharmada Venkatasubramian
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Manage episode 481148026 series 2606066
The Union cabinet has announced that the next population Census will also include questions on caste. This is a sharp departure from the ruling BJP’s long-standing opposition to a caste census.
How do we understand this U-turn? How would this caste census differ from the last one, conducted in 1931? Given the massive scale and logistics involved, what are the challenges involved, and how do we ensure the integrity of the exercise and the data collection process?
Guest: Satish Deshpande, well-known sociologist Host: G Sampath, Social Affairs Editor, The Hindu
Edited by Sharmada Venkatasubramian
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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