Union Cabinet approves conduct of Census of India 2021 and updation of National Population Register. Cabinet approved expenditure of over 8 thousand 754 crore rupees for the exercise of Census of India 2021 and over 3 thousand 941 crore rupees for updation of National Population Register. The next decennial Census is due in 2021 and would be conducted in two phases.
The House listing and Housing Census will be carried out from April to September, 2020 and Population Enumeration from 9th February to 28th February, 2021. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that Census exercise will be done by using App based technology to make it more easier. He assured that no proof, document or biometric will be taken during the process of NPR from the people.
He said, the NDA government trusts the people and whatever the people will say, the government will accept it. He clarified that NPR has nothing to do with National Register of Citizens. The minister also said that all the states have already accepted to do NPR and their officers are being trained. He said census is held every 10 years and NPR was started during the UPA government in 2010.
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