Census, National Population Register unlikely in 2020 due to Covid-19

The house-listing phase of the Census and the exercise to update NPR were scheduled to be carried out across the country from April 1 to September 30, 2020

The first phase of the Census and the exercise to update the National Population Register (NPR), scheduled for this year but deferred due to the coronavirus outbreak, may be delayed by a year as there is no sign the pandemic is slowing down.

The Indian census is one of the largest administrative and statistical exercises in the world, with the involvement of more than 3 million officials who would visit each household across the length and breadth of the country.

"Census is not an essential exercise for now. Even if it is delayed by a year, there would be no