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Backward Class community constitutes 39% of Odisha’s population, says Commission

The Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes, which submitted the first-ever survey on Socially Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) on Tuesday, said totally 53,96,132 households comprising a population of 1,94,88,671 belonged to backward classes in the State. As against an OBC community population widely believed to be exceeding 50% in the…

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Census Bureau valiantly conducted 2020 census, but privacy method degraded quality, report says

A new report says the U.S. Census Bureau’s career staffers valiantly conducted the 2020 census under unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic

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The growing racial gap in U.S. census results is raising an expert panel's concerns

The U.S. census undercounting people of color and overcounting white people who don't identify as Latino means political representation and federal funds have been allocated unfairly, a report warns.

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INDIA bloc cites Bihar data to reiterate demand for nationwide caste census

Reacting to the release of the Bihar caste survey, Rahul Gandhi on October 2 reiterated that the rights of a community should be in proportion to its numbers in a society.

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Women’s reservation bill ‘jumla’ by BJP, says Kharge; bats for OBC quota within it, seeks caste census

Congress President Kharge accused BJP of 'jumla' (empty promise) on women's reservation bill. He said it won't be implemented till 2034 and BJP is trying to mislead people. He urged people to support Congress and Rahul Gandhi to save Constitution and democracy.

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India ageing, elderly to make up 20% of population by 2050: UNFPA report

UNFPA India's 2023 Ageing Report calls for government to increase awareness of schemes for elderly, bring all old age homes under regulatory purview, and facilitate in situ ageing. Report projects 279% growth in 80+ population by 2050, with majority being widowed, highly dependent women. Report highlights lack of data on…

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Taking India back to the drawing board

‘We need a robust conversation around delimitation sooner than later, so that lifting of the freeze on allocation of seats does not have to be pushed ahead further,

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What will hold up women’s reservation Bill? | Explained

Why will the implementation of the women’s reservation bill be delayed by several years? When will the Census and delimitation exercise take place? Is there a timeline? Why are some parties demanding a sub-quota for women from Other Backward Classes?

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No justification for delay in implementing Women’s Quota Bill: Rahul Gandhi

“Reservation for women can be implemented in the Parliament and State Assemblies today itself, but the BJP government wants to postpone it for 10 years,” Mr. Gandhi said.

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Women’s reservation Bill will be implemented only after 2029: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that irrespective of the Opposition’s support, the women’s reservation Bill will be implemented only after 2029.

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Jamaat seeks quota for Muslim women, OBCs

The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has demanded reservation for both OBCs and Muslim women

The Hindu

Sonia Gandhi to lead Congress in Lok Sabha debate on women’s reservation Bill

Sonia Gandhi to lead Congress in Lok Sabha debate on women's reservation Bill. Bill passed in Rajya Sabha in 2010 but lapsed due to lack of consensus among parties. Kharge flags issue in Rajya Sabha, some regional parties oppose Bill due to lack of quota for OBC women.

The Hindu

Census a must for Women’s Reservation Bill to become reality

The 128th Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2023, or the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, will be implemented after the 2026 delimitation taking into account the latest census.

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PM using Women’s Reservation Bill to grab airtime: Congress

Congress chief Kharge’s stance is politically significant as some regional parties, who are part of the INDIA, opposed the Women’s Reservation Bill on the ground that it lacked a quota within a quota.

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A pediatrician's view on child poverty rates: 'I need policymakers to do their job'

After the expanded credit took effect, child poverty hit a historic low of 5.2% a year ago. New Census data shows it has since rocketed to 12.4%. Doctors are seeing this play out in real time.

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The immigrant population in the U.S. is climbing again, setting a record last year

Census Bureau data show the number of foreign-born people rose by nearly a million in 2022 after years of little growth. Experts say the increase coincides with a gradual reboot of legal immigration.

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Child poverty more than doubles — a year after hitting record low, Census data shows

Experts point to the expanded child tax credit as key to this poverty yo-yo. When it ended, many lower-income families struggled to pay their bills or buy enough food.

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Tribal nations face less accurate, more limited 2020 census data because of privacy methods

A majority of Native American tribes won't get the full suite of detailed demographic data from the 2020 census they had in the previous census

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On the first day of G-20 summit, Congress accuses Modi govt. of suppressing inconvenient data

Attacking the Modi government on the first day of the G-20 summit, citing the more than three-year delay in conducting the census, the Congress called it “unprecedented failure”, and accused the government of “suppressing” data that it finds “inconvenient”

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Three-fourths of India’s irrigation sources run on electricity: study

Minor Irrigation Census (MIC) finds electricity is the dominant source of power for water extraction, powering 76% of sources. Tubewells and borewells capable of extracting water from greater depths are on the rise. 23.14 million Minor Irrigation schemes reported in 695 districts and 6,47,394 villages, mostly privately owned. UP has…

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Congress will conduct caste census in Madhya Pradesh after winning Assembly polls: Kharge

The Congress will conduct a caste census in Madhya Pradesh after winning the Assembly polls and establish a university in the name of Sant Ravidas, said party president Mallikarjun Kharge

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Assembly Bypoll: Congress will conduct caste census in MP after coming to power, declares Mallikarjun Kharge

The Congress will conduct a caste census in Madhya Pradesh after winning the assembly polls in the state, said party president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday, accusing the regime at the Centre of wishing to change the Constitution. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Election Commission sticks to Assam delimitation draft, renames some seats in final order

Election Commission of India (ECI) publishes final report on delimitation of Assam Assembly, parliamentary constituencies; 19 Assembly, two Lok Sabha seats reserved for STs, nine for SCs. ECI held public hearings, heard 1,200 representations from 31 districts, met with 20 political parties.

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Assam delimitation proposal: an erosion of representation

The proposed exercise is allegedly based on communal lines of segregation, rather than on logical geographic boundaries of the State. The plan, which also involves reservations, may reduce the possibility of Muslims being elected, diminishing the existing political power of the minority community

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