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Census 2027: Findings to spruce up economic data, urban-rural gauges

The next census' findings will also help identify the extent of India's ageing population and vulnerability levels

Indian economy, worker, labour, population
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Moreover, the universal survey’s data will also be used to update the National Population Register. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Shiva Rajora New Delhi

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The upcoming population census will improve the representativeness of sample surveys conducted to track important economic metrics and the changing equations between urban and rural agglomerations in the country, thus aiding more informed policy making, experts reckoned.
 
Pronab Sen, former chief statistician of India says that the recent surveys being conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO) have become less reliable as they have been drawing their samples from the previous census, which was conducted way back in 2011. “The new census data will help in improving the samples that are used for NSO surveys, thus increasing their representativeness of