The debate on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2021 during the Monsoon Session of the Parliament saw wide participation with many opposition members raising demands for a caste-based census.
The Centre's stand assumes significance as recently, a 10-party delegation from Bihar, which was led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding caste Census.
On the last day of Assembly's Monsoon session, SC and ST Development, and Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Jagannath Saraka moved the resolution, which was passed in the absence of opposition BJP and Congress members.
Nitish Kumar's JD(U), RJD and other political parties from Bihar are pressing for a caste-based census. They are saying that the exercise will not only benefit Bihar, but the whole country.
The U.S. Census Bureau's release Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, of detailed population and demographic changes in each state will kick off the once-a-decade redistricting process that plays a large role in determining which party controls state legislatures and the U.S. House.
A delegation of BJD MPs from both the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his Parliament chamber and submitted a memorandum in this regard.
Nitish Kumar has said that his strong pitch for a caste-based census was driven by social, and not political concerns.
With an eye on the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year, the BJP's ally Apna Dal(S) on Sunday demanded a separate Union ministry for the welfare of the OBC and a caste-based census across the country to ascertain the exact population of the community.
Nitish Kumar, whose JD(U) is an ally of the BJP at the Centre as well as in the state, reiterated that the sentiment in Bihar was unanimously in favour of a caste-based census.
A once-in-a-decade census in China shows that the country has about 30 million unmarried men, which is more than the entire population of some countries.
Fieldwork related to housing conditions and amenities for Census 2021, delayed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, is likely to start this year.
The government has allocated Rs 3,726 crore for forthcoming Census, which will be the first digital census, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.
China on Sunday started the world’s biggest exercise of population count, conducted once in a decade, to document demographic changes in the most populous country.
In view of COVID19 outbreak, the first phase of Census 2021 and the updation of National Population Register (NPR) postponed until further orders: Ministry of Home Affairs
Census 2021: The first phase in Haryana will be conducted from May 1 to June 15 where close to 58,000 enumerators and supervisors will be deployed for canvassing data.
Sikhs in the US will be counted as a separate ethnic group in the 2020 census, an organization of the minority community said on Tuesday, describing it as a milestone. President of the Sikh Society of San Diego Baljeet Singh said that the Sikh community's efforts have come to fruition.
The question is mentioned as the 31 items which will be asked by the enumerators tasked to collect information from the people living across the country, including urban, rural and hilly areas
"In Delhi, the entire process will take around three months where enumerators will survey around 45 lakh establishments and households," Sadhu said after flagging off the survey for Delhi.
It is being conducted under the Joint Venture between Common Services Centres (CSC), along with state and central governments, and the information collected will be broadly used in planning and policy formulations, officials said.
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India -- founded in 1961 by Ministry of Home Affairs for arranging, conducting and analysing the results of the demographic surveys of India, including census and linguistic survey - has put Jammu and Kashmir on the top of the list as it is a hilly area.
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