Discussion around the first nation-wide caste census in 2026 has focussed largely on its potential impact on reservation of government jobs and education. However, a caste census could have other ramifications from a constitutional perspective that have not yet been fully explored or understood—ranging from a change in the very conception of what is the meaning of the phrase “socially and educationally backward” to political representation among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Ashok Kumar (Mon,) studied this question.