In Focus: Census Likely to be Postponed Due to Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has been taking a toll on the world and as cases multiply in the country, it has been decided by the government that the Census and the exercise for updating the NPR which was scheduled for this year will be deferred by the coronavirus pandemic and will be conducted at another date. There are chances that such an exercise will be delayed for at least a year due to the ongoing pandemic situation. It is to be noted that the Census in India is one of the largest data collecting activities in the county and involves more than 30 lakh people and requires such officials to travel from home to home in order to collect the data. But due to the ongoing pandemic situation it has been decided that the conduction of the census process will be delayed and postponed to at least one year.
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