Ex-minister Veerappa Moily to head Congress panel on caste census

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Friday set up a committee headed by former Union Minister Veerappa Moily to look into the issue of caste census. This comes after many parties demanded a caste-based census and sub-categorisation of castes in the country. The panel consists of Abhishek Singhvi, Salman Khurshid, Mohan Prakash, RPN Singh, PL Punia and Kuldeep Bishnoi.