印度将在2026-27年进行第一次全国种姓人口普查, India to conduct first nationwide caste census in 2026–27, reversing past resistance amid concerns over deepening divisions.

2025年4月批准的2026-27年全国种姓人口普查标志着印度政策的重大转变,扭转了莫迪总理等领导人过去的反对。 A nationwide caste census, approved in April 2025 for 2026–27, marks a significant shift in India’s policy, reversing past opposition from leaders like Prime Minister Modi. 学者Anand Teltumbde警告这一举动, 虽然有可能为社会正义提供数据, 但若不同时进行结构改革, Scholar Anand Teltumbde warns the move, while potentially offering data for social justice, risks entrenching caste divisions if not paired with structural reforms. 他在1857年以后的英国殖民努力中追踪种姓查点情况,这种努力将流动身份系统化,形成僵硬的等级制度。 He traces caste enumeration to British colonial efforts post-1857, which systematized fluid identities into rigid hierarchies. 尽管印度领导人担心国家统一,却在历史上避而不谈,但罕见的政治共识现在支持在不断变化的选举动态中进行人口普查。 Despite historical avoidance by Indian leaders fearing national unity, a rare political consensus now supports the census amid changing electoral dynamics. 批评者还强调了印度调查委员会的系统性失败,这些委员会常常拖延司法公正,模糊大规模暴力案件中的问责制,破坏真相调查,使幸存者得不到补救。 Critics also highlight systemic failures in India’s inquiry commissions, which often delay justice and obscure accountability in mass violence cases, undermining truth-seeking and leaving survivors without redress.