Government yet to decide how open-column caste data will be sorted, tabulated
The Hindu · 25 September 2026

Opposition parties and OBC groups are against the open-column option in the 2027 Census; they say the 2011 Socio-Economic Caste Census also had an open field to record caste, yielding over 46 lakh …
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