Backward Classes group raises concern over challenges to caste census

…names, as every individual response would eventually become part of a larger national statistical record with potential implications for understanding the country’s social composition and informing public policy. “ If members of the same community were recorded under multiple names and those entries were not scientifically linked and consolidated, the resulting data could fragment the numerical representation of that community ,” he cautioned. Mr. Kumarsawamy called for a transparent and technically robust framework to address regional variations, sub-caste identities and linguistic differences, with clear standards for classification and…