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[email protected] Edition First, 2010 © India Policy Foundation Price Rupees Fifty only (Rs. 50.00) Cover Des i gn Namita Printed at Bhanu Printers, Delhi Contents Preface ......................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 1 : Caste Enumeration ..................................................................................... 9 Chapter 2 : National Population Register (NPR) ......................................................... 25 APPENDIX : 1. Brain Storming Session ............................................................................ 32 2. Interaction with Prof. Ashish Bose ............................................................ 42 3. Indian Census 2011: Challenges and Perspective — Prof. Amitabh Kundu ..................................................................... 48 4. List of State Backward Class Commissions .............................................. 52 5. A Brief History of Indian Census .............................................................. 57 6. List of Caste Mobility .............................................................................