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Surveys underway in coastal and inland regions to identify monazite deposits as the government pushes to strengthen domestic rare earth supply chains

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The expansion of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's work over the last year and plans for the future will be discussed at a key three-day meet of its top decision-making body in Haryana's Samalkha from March 13, a senior RSS functionary said on Wednesday.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, along with other top Sangh leaders, BJP chief Nitin Nabin and presidents and other senior functionaries of its 32 sister organisations, among others, will attend the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS).
Addressing a press conference in Samalkha, Panipat, Sunil Ambekar, RSS' Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh, said the meeting will review the activities of the Sangh during 2025-26 and present reports on significant initiatives carried out across various regions.
From the RSS' organisational perspective, ABPS is the apex decision-making body of the Sangh.
As this year marks the centenary of the Sangh, the meeting will include detailed discussions on major programmes and campaigns organised as part of the ...

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The upcoming Census will collect data on sex of head of household--Male, Female and Transgender, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, in a written response, said Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases. The questions for the first phase, which covers Houselisting and Housing Census, have been notified.
"Information on Housing condition, Household particulars including name and sex of the head of the household, amenities available and assets possessed by household will be collected in this phase. Three categories of sex of head of household viz. Male/Female/Transgender will be collected," Rai said.
Questions for the second phase, which is Population Enumeration where information of each individual will be collected, will be notified in due course, he added.
The minister said enumerators shall undertake house-to-house field visits in the entire enumeration area for the collection of Census data to avoid any exclusion on any

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