The Minister for Backward Classes, and Information and Public Relations, Ch. Venu Gopala Krishna, on November 14 (Tuesday) said that caste-based census would begin in five grama/ward secretariats on a pilot basis on November 15 in Andhra Pradesh.
He told reporters here, “The exercise is meant to assess the effectiveness of the existing proforma of the caste-based census. The challenges observed during the pilot stage will be addressed before the commencement of the census.”
The caste-based census is aimed at enumerating all the communities, and minorities to design policies for their welfare in the future.
