Explained | What are the government's objections to a caste census?

The govt has cited numerous administrative, operational and logistical reasons to argue that collecting caste data during the 2021 Census is unfeasible and attempting it could endanger the census exercise itself

In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on September 23, the Union government has categorically ruled out conducting a Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC), stating that a caste census (except that for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes done traditionally) was unfeasible from an administrative point of view.