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  Census shows US is diversifying, white population shrinking

  World | August 13, 2021 9:54 IST

  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.

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  BJD MPs meet Amit Shah, demand caste based census

  India | August 11, 2021 18:21 IST

  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.  

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  Caste census driven by social concerns, not political: Nitish Kumar

  India | August 11, 2021 12:13 IST

  Nitish Kumar has said that his strong pitch for a caste-based census was driven by social, and not political concerns.  

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  BJP ally Apna Dal demands caste-based census, separate ministry for OBC welfare

  National | August 08, 2021 19:30 IST

  ​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. 

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  Caste-based census: Option open for state-specific exercise if Centre denies, says Nitish Kumar

  India | August 02, 2021 19:26 IST

  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.

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  Census shows China has 30 million unmarried men, sparks concern over shortage of brides

  World | May 18, 2021 12:22 IST

   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.

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  Census delayed due to COVID-19, work may begin this year: Home Ministry tells parliamentary panel

  India | March 16, 2021 9:43 IST

  Fieldwork related to housing conditions and amenities for Census 2021, delayed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, is likely to start this year.

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  Rs 3,726 crore allocated for forthcoming Census: Sitharaman

  Business | February 01, 2021 12:57 IST

  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.

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  China begins world's biggest census drive to count its population

  World | November 01, 2020 20:28 IST

  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. 

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  Amid Coronavirus crisis, Govt postpones Census, updation of NPR

  India | March 25, 2020 16:54 IST

  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

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  Census 2021: First phase to be conducted in Haryana from May 1-Jun 15

  India | February 15, 2020 8:48 IST

  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.

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  Sikhs to be counted as separate ethnic group in US census

  World | January 15, 2020 7:00 IST

  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.

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  'Main Cereal' eaten among 31 questions to be asked in Census-2021

  India | January 10, 2020 23:05 IST

  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

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  7th Economic Census expected to be complete by March 2020

  India | December 14, 2019 8:16 IST

  "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.

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  7th economic census launched in Karnataka

  India | November 06, 2019 18:29 IST

  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.

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  Census 2021 exercise will begin from J&K in Sept 2020

  India | September 24, 2019 15:02 IST

  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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  US President Donald Trump vows to pursue citizenship census question

  World | July 06, 2019 7:33 IST

  The Donald Trump administration will continue to pursue a way of adding a citizenship question to the census, lawyers said in court filings. But administration lawyers failed to provide any legal justification for the census question by a court deadline, the BBC reported.

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  Wages account for 1/3rd of country's total income: Report

  India | June 26, 2019 23:16 IST

  "Return on labour (12 per cent CAGR) grew faster than return on capital (10.9 per cent CAGR) during FY12-FY17. 

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  For first time in independent India, Census 2021 to collect OBC data

  India | September 01, 2018 1:17 IST

  The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to highlight the decision to collect OBC data in the 2021 census in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls as several OBC groups have been demanding for it for long.

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  Surface flow irrigation schemes down by 9000 in 7 years: Census

  India | December 24, 2017 11:31 IST

  According to recently released fifth minor irrigation schemes census, "The number of surface flow minor irrigation schemes has declined from 6,01,000 in 2006-07 to 5,92,000 in 2013-14."