India’s once in a decade census has now got bogged down by technical and logistical hurdles. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW DELHI - In two months, India is projected to become the world’s most populous country, with over 1.4 billion people. But for at least a year, and possibly longer, the country won’t know how many people it has because it has not been able to count them.
“In the absence of latest census data, the estimations are based on data that is one decade old and is likely to provide estimates that are far from reality,” Ms Sharma said. The home ministry official said the software that will be used to gather census data on a mobile phone app has to be synchronised with existing identity databases, including the national identity card, called Aadhaar, which was taking time.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s national spokesperson, Mr Gopal Krishna Agarwal, dismissed the criticism. They ask more than two dozen questions each time in 16 languages in the two phases that will be spread over 11 months, according to the plan made for 2021.
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