Digital Census

Digital data collection, geospatial technology, a code directory, and a Census Management and Monitoring System (CMMS) are some of the technologies that will be used for the next Census, according to a Ministry of Home Affairs report. An enumerator would collect and submit data directly through Mobile App, using her or his smartphone. The provision...

The upcoming census would be digitized and completed by 2024, said Home Minister Amit Shah in Assam on Monday.

Minister of State Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that the forthcoming Census will be the first-ever digital Census in the country.

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.

"For the first time, the entire Census is being conducted on a digital platform with the use of an application that will ensure high accuracy and data security. In Delhi, the entire process will take around three months; enumerators will survey around 45 lakh establishments and households," Sadhu said, after flagging off the survey for Delhi.

The Centre is ready with a list of states and Union Territories for the first digital National Population Register (NPR) under census 2021 putting newly created Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir on top where the mammoth exercise would start in September 2020.

The next census of India in 2021 - the gigantic exercise to determine the population of the country - will be a "digital census", with a mobile app used to collect data, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today. He also proposed the idea of a multipurpose ID card for every citizen which includes passport, Aaadhar and the voter card. India's last ce...

On the state highway to Melghat, you will not find Harisal on milestones or road signs, not even when you are just 10 km away. It comes up suddenly - a cluster of houses, a prominent blue Bank of Maharashtra board, and a fading green sign that says 'Harisal', which is a "medium-sized village" as the 2011 census described it

Is the Gir lion overflowing the borders of Gir? Are their numbers so high? These are the two vital questions wildlife experts hope to answer in a lion census that got underway this weekend.

Digital data collection, geospatial technology, a code directory, and a Census Management and Monitoring System (CMMS) are some of the technologies that will be used for the next Census, according to a Ministry of Home Affairs report. An enumerator would collect and submit data directly through Mobile App, using her or his smartphone. The provision...

The upcoming census would be digitized and completed by 2024, said Home Minister Amit Shah in Assam on Monday.

Minister of State Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that the forthcoming Census will be the first-ever digital Census in the country.

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.

"For the first time, the entire Census is being conducted on a digital platform with the use of an application that will ensure high accuracy and data security. In Delhi, the entire process will take around three months; enumerators will survey around 45 lakh establishments and households," Sadhu said, after flagging off the survey for Delhi.

The Centre is ready with a list of states and Union Territories for the first digital National Population Register (NPR) under census 2021 putting newly created Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir on top where the mammoth exercise would start in September 2020.

The next census of India in 2021 - the gigantic exercise to determine the population of the country - will be a "digital census", with a mobile app used to collect data, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today. He also proposed the idea of a multipurpose ID card for every citizen which includes passport, Aaadhar and the voter card. India's last ce...

On the state highway to Melghat, you will not find Harisal on milestones or road signs, not even when you are just 10 km away. It comes up suddenly - a cluster of houses, a prominent blue Bank of Maharashtra board, and a fading green sign that says 'Harisal', which is a "medium-sized village" as the 2011 census described it

Is the Gir lion overflowing the borders of Gir? Are their numbers so high? These are the two vital questions wildlife experts hope to answer in a lion census that got underway this weekend.