'8th Economic Census to be held in 2027': Statistics Secretary Saurabh GargIndia will conduct its eighth Economic Census in 2027. This census will follow the population census. Data from the Economic Census will es...
04 Dec, 2025, 12.43 AM IST
Pre-test exercise for 1st phase of Census 2027 to be conducted from Nov 10-30India's Population Census 2027 will begin with a pre-test from November 10 to 30, 2025. This exercise will evaluate all aspects of the upco...
16 Oct, 2025, 10.01 PM IST
Conduct 16th population, 8th economic census jointly: MoSPIThe Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is integrating preliminary work for the eighth economic census with the 16t...
18 Jul, 2025, 12.26 AM IST
Boundaries of administrative units to be frozen on Dec 31, 2025 for CensusThe Centre has directed states and Union Territories to finalize any administrative boundary changes by December 31, 2025, for the 2027 Cen...
29 Jun, 2025, 03.49 PM IST
First phase of the Census with Houselisting operations to begin from April 1, 2026India is gearing up for the 2026 Census. The initial phase, focusing on houselisting, starts on April 1, 2026. Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan, Re...
29 Jun, 2025, 03.34 PM IST
Panels formed to undertake eighth economic censusIndia is gearing up for its eighth economic census, employing technology for data collection, while addressing data quality concerns from t...
09 May, 2025, 11.58 PM IST
Govt expanding data sources for better decisionsIndia's statistics ministry is exploring new data sources like e-commerce and social media. The ministry will release a Time Use Survey and...
06 Dec, 2024, 12.22 AM IST
Does PM Modi think caste census is divisive, asks CongressCongress leader Jairam Ramesh posed four questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit to Bihar. Ramesh questioned the delay...
13 Nov, 2024, 10.50 AM IST
Seventh Economic Census yet to receive approval from majority of states: MoSPIApproval is pending from a majority of states for the finalization of nationwide results of the seventh economic census, according to the M...
20 Dec, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
Seventh Census result awaited, but work to begin on eighthIndia has not had an economic census for nearly a decade. The sixth economic census was conducted in 2013, results of which were made avail...
22 Aug, 2023, 12.14 AM IST
Govt survey: Formal sector employment jumps by 0.4 million in Q3FY22India’s formal sector employment jumped by 0.4 million in the October-December quarter of 2021 with the total number of workers employed ac...
28 Apr, 2022, 12.04 PM IST
India reports 29% surge in employment across nine sectors in June quarter: Labour ministry surveyhe Economic Census 2013-14, which had pegged India’s workforce across these sectors at 23.7 million, has been used as a base for the Survey.
28 Sep, 2021, 08.08 AM IST
PMO awaits panel report on overlap in jobs numbersBased on the recommendations of the committee, the PMO will take a call on whether to suspend one of these exercises or to publish both set...
19 Jun, 2018, 12.01 AM IST
Panel to look into limitations in quarterly jobs surveyAccording to the ministry, the QES has several limitations like absence of units registered after 2014 as it is based on the sixth Economic...
12 Jun, 2018, 09.47 AM IST
- Govt pulled up for delay in identifying poor in rural areas
In July this year, government released the first SECC, first in eight decades that is expected to help it in effective implementation of it...
22 Dec, 2015, 07.26 PM IST
Lack of infrastructure: Will big census towns benefit from the 'Rurban' Mission?They have distinct urban features such as dense populations & high rises, but lack basic infra & amenities. Welcome to India's Census Towns!
12 Oct, 2014, 07.15 AM IST
Asian cities claim 8 spots on top 20 billionaire cities listThe 8 Asian cities on the list are led by Hong Kong, followed by Beijing & Singapore, Mumbai, Tokyo, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul & Ba...
30 Sep, 2014, 05.26 PM IST