OBC Groups Announce Delhi Protest Over 2027 Census Caste Enumeration

The All India Caste Census Coordination Committee has called for a nationwide protest at New Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on November 28. The coalition, which includes OBC associations and civil society groups, wants the Union government to change its caste enumeration method for the 2027 Census. The groups are demanding a drop-down menu covering all castes, with unique codes for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs and General categories. The Centre has decided to use an open column to enumerate caste for everyone apart from SCs and STs. The same method was used in the 2011 Socio-Economic Caste Census, which recorded over 46 lakh caste names; the government discarded its results over inaccuracies.