Census phase 1: Over 26 lakh households have availed self-enumeration facilityMore than 26 lakh households have used the self-enumeration option for the ongoing Census Phase 1. This digital initiative for Census 2027 ...
23 Apr, 2026, 12.04 AM IST
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
What Census 2027 will reveal about the country we’ve becomeIndia's Census 2027, launched April 1, is a crucial exercise. It will assess the nation's socioeconomic transformation since 2011. The cens...
01 Apr, 2026, 11.01 PM IST
Census 2027 to be India’s first fully digital enumeration; datasets likely within the year, says RGICensus 2027 promises faster data release with digital capture. This will be India's first fully digital population count. Citizens are urge...
31 Mar, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
No decision taken on National Population Register updation: Registrar GeneralThe National Population Register updation has no decision yet. Registrar General of India Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan confirmed this. The NPR,...
30 Mar, 2026, 09.01 PM IST
Six hurt after police crack down on NRC protest in ImphalProtests erupted in Imphal as demonstrators demanded the National Register of Citizens be implemented before the Census. Police intervened ...
12 Mar, 2026, 10.13 AM IST
Central govt to begin census from 2025The central government is set to resume the census next year after a four-year delay, with the previous census planned for 2021 postponed d...
28 Oct, 2024, 04.14 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
Census unlikely anytime soon as fear of 3rd wave of COVID-19 looms largeThe data for NPR was last collected in 2010 along with the house listing phase of the Census 2011. The data was updated during 2015 by cond...
03 Jan, 2022, 08.08 PM IST
Census and NPR update to be delayed; RGI to surrender fundsThe last decadal survey was held in 2011 and was due to be conducted in 2021, but it was postponed in the wake of the Covid-19-induced nati...
23 Nov, 2021, 11.50 PM IST
Census may have to wait until next year or even 2022 if Covid-19 situation does not improveIn March 2020, days after imposition of lockdown on account of Covid-19, the home ministry had announced postponement of first phase of Cen...
29 Sep, 2020, 08.43 AM IST
Census, NPR unlikely in 2020"Census is not an essential exercise for now. Even if it is delayed by a year, there would be no harm," a senior official told PTI.
30 Aug, 2020, 04.11 PM IST
NPR, first phase of Census likely to be deferredDiscussions are going on at the highest level of the government and in all probability, the NPR and house listing phase of the Census work ...
22 Mar, 2020, 04.32 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
No plans to issue single card for all utilities: Govt tells Lok SabhaUnion Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai, however, said the government has proposed to prepare and update the National Population Reg...
03 Dec, 2019, 03.36 PM IST
Top officials discuss strategy to carry out census exerciseThe 2021 census will be conducted through a mobile phone application, moving away from the traditional pen and paper.
11 Oct, 2019, 11.33 AM IST
UIDAI nod to ‘voluntary’ use of Aadhaar for National Population Register rolloutWhy can't we have just one card for all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, bank account, driving licence & voter card: Amit Shah
24 Sep, 2019, 07.16 AM IST