Telangana health minister C Damodar Raja Narasimha on Wednesday, November 6. urged the public to cooperate with officials during the caste census.
The minister claimed that the caste census will lead to the upliftment of economically and politically weaker sections in Telangana.
He further said that the survey is happening for the first time since independence. “It was first conducted by the British in 1831, since then the government of India hasn’t conducted the caste census,” he said.