Census, NPR data to be ready before 2024 polls: MHA
The Hindu
The provisional data for the latest Census and National Population Register (NPR) will be available before the next general elections in 2024, according to information provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to a parliamentary committee.
The MHA informed the committee that “Census, updation of NPR,” will be among the major thrust areas for the financial year 2021-22. The last Census was conducted in 2011 and NPR, that has a database of 119 crore residents, was last updated in 2015.More Related News