Interim census data likely to be available in 2023-24The work on Census 2021 and updating the National Population Register (NPR) started in 2020, but had to be deferred due to the Covid-19 pan...
Delayed due to COVID-19, Census work may begin this year: MHA tells par panelThe population enumeration was supposed to be carried out from February 9 to 28, 2021 with a revision round from March 1 to 5, 2021. This c...
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...
NPR, first phase of Census postponed due to the 21-day lockdownIn a statement, the home ministry said Census 2021 was scheduled to be conducted in two phases -- house listing and housing census during A...
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 ...
Ministry of Home Affairs may delay Census, NPR if situation worsensThe first phase of Census and NPR is slated to be held from April to September. Many states are supposed to begin the process from April 1....
Will not implement NPR, but will proceed with census: Kerala CM"But we can stay it. We have stayed the NPR process. Since the opposition leader is insisting, the government will look into it. We stand b...
Govt to hire communications agency to spread word on Census-NPRThe Centre has decided to hire a professional communications agency for creating a buzz around Census 2021 and National Population Register...
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...
Disclosure of information in NPR voluntary: MoS Home ReddyUnion Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said the NPR was first initiated by the Congress-led UPA in 2010 and it was a constitu...
States against NPR query on parents’ birth date, placeThe governments of Rajasthan, Kerala, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, all non-Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states, have lodged protes...
Odisha has begun process to update NPR: Official"As per instructions of the Registrar General of India, the NPR exercise has begun. A pilot survey has been carried out in parts of the sta...
NPR update in Bihar to begin on May 15, says Sushil ModiBihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has said the updation process of the National Population Register (NPR) will be carried out i...
NPR 2021: Head of family will have to furnish ID detailsThe nationwide NPR is to be held from April 1 to September 30 to record the ‘usual residents’.
Questions for 2020: Will NRC remain on agenda?In one word: no. Pushed on to the backfoot by nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), GoI has had to make it clear...
Government bites NPR bullet, says not linked to NRCThe NPR is a list of "usual residents" of the country. A "usual resident" is defined for the purposes of NPR as a person who has resided in...
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.