Telangana government forms collection centre, gears up for caste census in state

The Telangana government has initiated measures to begin caste census across the state. This census will be a comprehensive survey designed to gather detailed information about the population’s social, economic, educational, income, political, and caste characteristics across various communities.
To oversee this, Rudra Santhosh Kumar was appointed as the Monitoring In-charge. Kumar will coordinate the project and ensure it reaches grassroots communities, working closely with local Congress leaders to strengthen public awareness and engagement.
This effort, backed by the All India Congress Committee (AICC), seeks to address issues of equity and representation, with Telangana aiming to set a model for similar efforts nationwide.
The goal is to better understand the makeup of Telangana’s society and to support equitable policies and programmes that can address the specific needs of different communities.
A dedicated ‘Connect Centre’ will be set up at the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Office to manage operations for the census. This centre will serve as the primary hub for coordination, connecting district observers, DCC presidents, and representatives from village-level committees to facilitate community engagement at every level.
Congress workers will receive specialised training through organised programmes designed to give them resources and tools to communicate the census’s purpose and benefits to communities across the state. Regular review meetings, led by the TPCC president, will monitor the census’s progress, with weekly reports providing updates to ensure that objectives are met efficiently and effectively.
One of the promises made by the Congress was to conduct a caste survey in the state if they were voted to power. To that effect, then Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy in an open letter had stated that only a caste census would ensure justice for the backward class community.
In January this year, as chief minister, Reddy had said the state would soon have a caste census.