63% of Bihar's 13 crore population belong to backward classes, reveals caste-based survey

New Delhi: The Bihar government on Monday released data from a statewide caste-based survey which showed that other backward and extremely backward classes constitute 63 per cent of the states population of 13 crores...

Yadavs formed a little over 14 per cent...

Bihars caste survey has seen major opposition from the BJP-led national government which maintained a census was a statutory process under a central legislation and that the law empowered only the central government to conduct it...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar congratulated the team engaged in the caste survey, saying the proposal had been unanimously passed in the Assembly and conducted with the states resources...

On this basis, further action will be taken for the development and upliftment of all sections, Kumar said.. Kumars ally and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said the findings of the survey would set an example for the country in making holistic plans for the progress of the deprived, neglected and the poor and providing representation to marginalised groups..

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