The Hindu Morning Digest, November 8, 2023

The Hindu Morning Digest, November 8, 2023

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar leaves after attending the Winter Session of the State Assembly, in Patna on November 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Bihar seeks to raise quota to 65% after tabling caste survey The Bihar Cabinet has approved a proposal to increase reservations in the State for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes … Read more

Bihar’s caste survey a brave step forward, Maharashtra and other states should follow suit: NCP MLA

Bihar’s caste survey a brave step forward, Maharashtra and other states should follow suit: NCP MLA

The member of the Maharashtra legislative assembly representing the Mumbra-Kalwa constituency in Thane district made this demand in a video message posted on social media platform X on Monday night. File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Jitendra Awhad has hailed the Bihar government’s caste survey and demanded … Read more

Bihar caste survey | OBCs, EBCs comprise more than 63% of State’s population

Bihar caste survey | OBCs, EBCs comprise more than 63% of State’s population

Enumerator staff collects informations from residents during the caste-based census survey, in Patna, Bihar. | Photo Credit: ANI The Bihar Government on October 2 released a report on the caste-based survey it had conducted amid a case pending in the Supreme Court on the validity of such a survey. According to the report released by … Read more