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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Bihar Caste Survey: Centre alone can conduct census, government to Supreme CourtThe affidavit adds that “in exercise of powers under the said Entry, the Central government has made the Census Act, 1948. The said Act emp...
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...
Have no plans for caste census in UP: Yogi AdityanathThe Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, stated that the state government has no intention of conducting a caste census. He cl...
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...
Census in Central Domain; Focus on OBC Subcategories: Social Justice MinisterLast Wednesday, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had convened an all-party meeting in Patna which unanimously decided to conduct a caste c...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
Hindi mother tongue of 44% in India, Bangla second most-spokenThe percentage of Indian population with Hindi as their mother tongue has risen to 43.63% from 41.03% in 2001, Bengali remains second while...
- 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...