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Modi government pushes for first dedicated count of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in upcoming Census, will help implement focused welfare schemes for the group

OpIndia Staff -
Ministry of Tribal Affairs has asked the Registrar General of India to separately count Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in the upcoming 2027 Census.
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Paperless census, caste data to be collected, employment details to be recorded: Know all about the population census and how it will be carried...

OpIndia Staff -
For the first time, census will be conducted digitally and caste census will also be a part of it. Census 2027 will be completed in two phases.
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Population census including caste enumeration to begin on 1st May 2027, to be conducted in two phases

Raju Das -
The Central government on Wednesday announced that the Population Census-2027 will be conducted in two phases, and will also include enumeration of castes.
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Modi government decides to include caste enumeration in next census, slams Congress for opposing census and favouring non-transparent caste surveys

OpIndia Staff -
The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has that caste census will be conducted along with the next general census.
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What is delimitation and why is DMK opposing it even though the central government hasn’t announced it yet

Rukma Rathore -
The current 543 Lok Sabha seats and 250 Rajya Sabha seats are based on the census performed during 1971.
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All-party meeting led by Stalin rejects delimitation, demands status quo for 3 decades, says delimitation, if necessary, be based on 1971 census

OpIndia Staff -
The parties in the all-party meeting said that the southern states should not be penalised for successfully controlling their population.
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Nepal’s rhino census faces uncertainty after suspension of USAID funding, work suspended due to financial crunch

ANI -
Nepal's rhino census conducted in an interval of every five years now faces an uncertain future with the suspension of USAID, one of the major donors for the project
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Census 2022: MHA appoints 10 directors for census operations, citizens allowed to self-enumerate

OpIndia Staff -
Postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the decadal census in the country may start soon
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UK: Khalistani outfits tell Sikhs to identify themselves as ‘Asians’, ‘Punjabis’ instead of ‘Indians’ in 2021 Census

OpIndia Staff -
The intervention of the Khalistani outfits has sparked fears of the census capturing wrong data about the Indian community.
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Congress leader and grandson of Maharaja Hari Singh says 2011 census in J&K was fudged, urges govt to use 2021 data for delimitation

OpIndia Staff -
Grandson of Maharaja Hari asks govt to use 2021 for J&K delimitation, saying 2011 census data was fudged
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