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Delhi L-G approves extension for date to freeze administrative boundaries for Census 2021

January 31, 2024 7:41 am

The Census 2021 was delayed in Delhi due to the pandemic.

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Among new Census questions: Do you use bottled water, how many smartphones?

May 27, 2023 12:12 pm

The 2021 Census had to be put off due to the Covid pandemic, and a fresh schedule for the exercise is still to be notified.

Labour rules of states encourage inspector raj

May 11, 2023 12:22 pm

Non-transparent rules on occupational safety, health and working conditions facilitate corruption

Covid, LS polls set to delay 2021 Census by at least 3 years

April 20, 2023 5:53 am

While both NPR and NRC created much controversy in the wake of the Citizenship Amendment Act, with many states opposing them, the deadline for Census enumeration was indefinitely postponed in early 2020 due to Covid outbreak.

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Maharashtra MLAs want all-party team to meet PM on caste-wise Census

February 28, 2020 3:30 pm

Members cutting across party lines demanded that an all-party delegation call on the prime minister to seek caste-wise Census to determine the population of other backward classes (OBCs).

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Census 2021: For pilot project in Janta Vasahat, PMC to use tablets to collate data

January 17, 2020 3:29 am

While the information will be collected digitally, Pune city census officer Doiphode said the option of collecting data on paper will also be available. “It will be up to the staff involved in door-to-door surveys to choose from either of the options,” he said.

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Ahead of Census, new question: What cereal do you consume?

January 10, 2020 7:03 am

The exercise — Houselisting Operations of Census 2021 — will also seek data, for the first time, on smartphones, piped gas connections and mobile numbers.