Census 2021
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Census to be delayed until after 2024 Lok Sabha elections
This is the third time the exercise, which was last held in 2011, has been postponed.
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Centre will introduce bill to link birth and death data with electoral rolls, says Amit Shah
The Union minister made no comment on when the decadal Census, pending since 2021, will be conducted.
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From CAA-NRC to caste conundrum, what is keeping the government from carrying out the Census?
The BJP may be keeping political calculations in mind, including the G20 presidency and the all-important 2024 polls, in putting off the crucial exercise.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Census 2021 to be further delayed at least till September, say reports
The deadline to freeze administrative limits has been extended till June 30. A Census can be carried out only three months after this exercise is complete.
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Census 2021 deferred till further orders due to pandemic, Centre tells Lok Sabha
Experts say that this delay is impacting government schemes and programmes.
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New Census rules allow citizens to self-enumerate online
The government defined self-enumeration as ‘filling-up, completion and submission of census schedule by respondents themselves’.
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Census 2021 postponed due to coronavirus pandemic, Centre tells Lok Sabha
Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai did not specify any deadline for completing the Census process.
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By digitising the census, India may make ‘everything that is meaningful about it redundant’
When the process hits the ground running, logistics won’t be the only concern.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com