Caste census: 'Don’t wait for biometric stage'

CHENNAI: Reiterating his commitment towards caste-based census, Chief Minister and DMK chief M Karunanidhi has requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to incorporate caste details in the ongoing census instead of postponing it to the biometric stage.
Karunanidhi, in his letter dated August 14 to the Prime Minister, said, “A few changes in the existing format will be sufficient to achieve the objective of caste-based census and complete the task early.’’
“I firmly believe that the caste-based census will certainly go a long way in ensuring that the fruits of various developmental schemes implemented by the Union government and State governments fully percolate down to the lower strata of the society,’’ Karunanidhi said.