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PM asserted next census will be most remarkable, digitalised: NITI Aayog

Sitharaman, who presented the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament, had said the forthcoming census - an exercise to determine the population of the country - would be the first digital census

Minority reports

Book review of The Population Myth: Islam, Family Planning and Politics in India

Budget 2021: Rs 3,726 crore allocated for forthcoming Census, says FM

The government has allocated Rs 3,726 crore for forthcoming Census, which will be the first digital census, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday. Presenting the Union Budget for 2021-22, she said the government is also working on a national language translation initiative. Sitharaman also announced a deep ocean mission with an outlay of more than Rs 4,000 crore over five years. In other measures, she said the government has also proposed to set up a conciliatory mechanism for quick resolution of contractual disputes. Further, the government also proposed to introduce National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill, Sitharaman said.

Fertility rate falling, 2001-11 saw sharpest drop in 100 yrs: Census

The health ministry has emphasised India can achieve the goal of population stabilisation and at present India is knocking at the door of achieving replacement level fertility

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

More hospitals, fewer schools: India's population trends require solutions

There will be more people in the north, but wealth will be in the south: good governance can manage such rifts, write T N Ninan

Understanding the migrants

Availability of credible data is critical to integrating these workers in development programmes

Preparations for Census, NPR at peak; exercise to begin from April 1

The ministry said this after a conference of the directors of the census operations on status of preparatory work around Census 2021 and NPR update

Economists, social scientists call for delinking of Census 2021, NPR

They said that while Census is an important exercise and helps centre, state governments make and implement welfare schemes effectively, the danger is in the widespread public distrust on NPR

Centre finalises set of 31 questions to ask citizens during Census 2021

According to the latest notification, the government will ask questions like predominant material of floor, wall and roof of the house, number of dwelling rooms among others

Stories from the states: How enumerators are dealing with suspicion

While the Kerala government has vehemently opposed CAA and NPR and has said that it will not collect data for these, people are anxious

In a time of distrust, Census 2021 surveyors stare at an uphill task

The big worry ahead is how the fear of CAA and NRC will affect the mammoth exercise required for Census 2021

Bihar Legislative Assembly passes resolution to conduct caste-based census

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was advocating conducting a caste-based census since a long time

Why India's census is in trouble

Opposition to additional questions on parents in the NPR exercise could make the data less reliable

First phase of Census-2021 to be conducted in Haryana from May 1-June15

It is the first time that the Census data will be collected in digital format this year

Budget 2020: What does the Finance Minister have in store for the farmers?

Business Standard's Farm Editor, Sanjeeb Mukherjee joins this podcast to talk about Budget 2020 and India's agriculture sector

NPR constitutional obligation, disclosure of info voluntary: MoS Home

Reddy said since NPR is a constitutional obligation, the state governments should not oppose it

Census data confidential, guaranteed under law; violation punishable: RGI

The National Population Register (NPR) exercise will be carried out along with the house listing phase of the census

Census exercise will seek info on toilets, vehicles owned, mobile number

The 2021 census will be conducted through a mobile phone application, moving away from the traditional pen and paper

Who's afraid of NPR?

The strong link with NRC and other rules raises concern