Next Steps: Union Cabinet to decide on commission, terms for caste censusFollowing the caste census announcement, the Union Cabinet is expected to establish a commission to determine the castes and sub-castes for...
01 May, 2025, 07.45 PM IST
Statistical business register in works to keep track of all companiesThe government plans to launch a statistical business register by the end of 2025 to track business dynamics, providing an essential framew...
21 Mar, 2025, 11.28 PM IST
Govt can collect caste-wise data of OBCs by adding extra column in Census questionnaire: CongressThe Congress suggested that the government incorporate OBC caste data in the next Census by simply adding an additional column. The party n...
22 Aug, 2024, 11.08 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
Yet to get majority states’ nod on 7th Eco Census results: ReportIn its submission to the committee, the ministry of statistics and programme implementation stated that it had received approval for provis...
28 Jul, 2023, 12.26 AM IST
Larsen & Toubro’s IT arm to create India’s one-stop digital repository of official dataThe five-year project entails the creation of a digital repository -- the National Integrated Information Portal (NIIP) -- of all official ...
28 Aug, 2020, 12.41 PM IST
Govt extends 7th Economic Census data collection period by six months“The period during which collection of statistics for 7th Economic Census may be completed is hereby extended by another 6 months till 30th...
08 Apr, 2020, 04.17 PM IST
Coronavirus Fallout: Government puts key economic surveys on holdThe ministry of statistics and programme implementation (Mo-SPI) has been carrying out the Seventh Economic Census since July 29 last year,...
23 Mar, 2020, 11.57 PM IST
Maintaining database: National Business Register on anvilIt will have a district-wise list of all enterprises and establishments dealing in goods or services.
23 Jan, 2020, 03.26 PM IST
Government to kick off 7th economic census from MondayAs per the last Economic Census conducted in 2013, there were 58.5 million establishments employing around 131 million workers.
27 Jul, 2019, 12.48 PM IST
7th Economic Census to cover villages without economic activity“Villages with no economic activity also will be identified for the policy purposes,” the ministry said in the vision document for the cens...
29 May, 2019, 11.11 PM IST
Economic census 2019 to include geotagged data of business enterprisesThe geotagging is expected to help weed out the shell companies and thereby improve data quality.
10 May, 2019, 10.08 AM IST
2 more members of NSC quit on feeling sidelinedP C Mohanan and JV Meenakshi sent their resignation citing lack of involvement in some key decisions.
30 Jan, 2019, 09.09 PM IST
Government mulls creating national business register, may spend Rs 300 crore in economic censusMoSPI has roped in CSC e-governance, also known as CSC SPV, for conducting the seventh economic census.
17 Jan, 2019, 06.00 PM IST
- BPL surveys are mere BPL surveys, not caste census: Dr M Vijayanunni
The Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011 is independent India’s first attempt to record details of a person’s caste. An expert says collect...
31 Jul, 2011, 03.28 AM IST
- Elderly now a fifth of Japan population
One-fifth of Japan’s population now consists of people aged 65 or older, the nation’s latest census data show, a development that could thr...
01 Nov, 2006, 12.40 AM IST