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Caste politics

A census of this kind isn't good for the country

Will accept caste-based census if all parties agree: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she will accept a nationwide caste-based census if all political parties reach a consensus on the matter

Nitish Kumar leads all-party delegation to meet PM on caste census

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar along with a 10-member all-party delegation from the state on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to press the demand for a caste-based census.

Nitish Kumar-led delegation to meet PM Modi today over caste census

Nitish Kumar-led ten parties delegation including Janata Dal (United), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and others will meet PM today at 11 am to demand caste-based census

Bihar CM-led delegation to meet PM on Aug 23 to discuss caste-based census

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Thursday said he along with representatives of all the parties in the state will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 23 to discuss the issue of a caste-based census

Census 2021 related field activities postponed due to Covid-19: Govt

The government informed Parliament on Tuesday

Census 1921 vs 2021: Capturing pandemic data, from Spanish Flu to Covid-19

There is no clarity on when the decadal Census 2021 operation will be complete, though the development of digital applications for data collection offers hope the work may pick up pace once begun.

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