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Podcast: Parley by The Hindu
Episode: Will delaying the Census affect its implementation?
Description: On June 16, the Registrar General of India under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification that India’s population will be counted in 2027. Following demands by the Opposition parties, among other reasons, the government has also announced the inclusion of caste enumeration in the Census for the first time in independent India.
The last Census was held in 2011. The exercise was to take place in 2021, but was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has now been further pushed to 2027.
Will delaying the Census affect its implementation? Here we discuss the question.
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