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India begins its first digital census in 16 years and this time there's a big differenceIndia begins Census 2027 on April 1, 2026. This nationwide count is the first in 16 years and will be fully digital, using smartphones and ...03 Apr, 2026, 12.38 PM IST- Census: Self-enumeration in Delhi from April 1; Phase 2 to cover fertility, migration dataCensus 2027 data collection begins soon. Individual information remains confidential under law. The census will be conducted digitally in t...02 Apr, 2026, 09.11 PM IST
- Karnataka HC allows socio-economic survey to go on, but says enumerators can’t force citizens to participateThe Karnataka High Court allowed the ongoing socio-economic and education survey to continue, ruling it must be fully voluntary and citizen...25 Sep, 2025, 07.25 PM IST
- Caste enumeration in census exercise: No need to tweak law, say officialsThe Census Act of 1948 permits caste data collection. Previous British India censuses included all castes. Independent India stopped this, ...11 May, 2025, 01.23 PM IST
- Alarm bells go off as Indonesian hacktivists breach government websitesIndonesian hackers may have been behind the breach of several Indian websites this month, including those of the Indian army and the Census...30 Jan, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
- No decision on countrywide roll-out of NRC, MHA tells parliamentary panelThe update of the NRC was carried out in Assam to identify bona fide Indian citizens living in the state but the initiative had created a n...02 Feb, 2021, 09.11 PM IST
- NPR drive: 21 departments, 50 celebrities to reach out to massesIn the midst of concerns being raised about the NPR, the RGI, which conducts the enumeration exercise for census and updation of NPR, has w...02 Mar, 2020, 11.37 PM IST
- View: Political critique of NPR misses its importance in social benefit deliveryThe National Population Register (NPR), which is under the political spotlight now, is a crucial link in this chain that has changed the wa...27 Jan, 2020, 10.46 PM IST
- Mobile nos in house-listing census to help in 'Do it self'“Using the mobile number, respondents can generate OTP after which they will log in and fill their and family members details in the census...22 Jan, 2020, 09.07 AM IST
- Census data confidential; guaranteed under laws: RGI"While confidentiality about your data is guaranteed by Census Act, 1948; the same law specifies penalty for BOTH public AND census officia...21 Jan, 2020, 05.33 PM IST
- Govt says no documents to be asked for NPR updateThis is the first time census and NPR data is being captured digitally via mobile applications.16 Jan, 2020, 02.14 PM IST
- need2know: Morning update on 9 macros that may matter to youGovt plans to use the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 data to identify beneficiaries for its schemes.07 Aug, 2017, 07.49 AM IST
- Vilifying Aadhaar is foolish in the age of Google and Facebook. A top babu explains why"Yes, people have a right to privacy, but in most cases they happily and voluntarily give it up when they join social media or even search ...23 Jul, 2017, 11.40 AM IST
- Digital India: Soon national sample surveys, economic census, other data to be made available for freeAt present, the government charges fees for providing data from the national sample surveys, Annual Survey of Industries and the economic c...16 Oct, 2015, 10.03 AM IST
- Hillary Clinton's server software had hacking riskClinton's privately paid technology adviser, Bryan Pagliano, has declined to answer questions about his work from congressional investigato...13 Oct, 2015, 04.02 PM IST
- Government sets up expert group headed by Arvind Panagariya to collate caste countThe cabinet on Thursday approved the formation of an expert group headed by Arvind Panagariya for classifying the caste and tribe data in t...17 Jul, 2015, 03.43 AM IST
- China to count foreigners in next censusForeigners domiciled in China will be surveyed for the first time in the national census beginning Nov 1.29 May, 2010, 12.16 PM IST
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