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India to Conduct Long-Delayed Census, Says Minister
India will conduct its much-delayed national census soon, Interior Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday, after a delay of about three years.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India will conduct its much-delayed national census soon, Interior Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday, after a delay of about three years.
The once-in-a-decade survey was due in 2021 but was delayed by the pandemic and technical and logistical hurdles.
Reuters last month reported that India was likely to begin conducting the census in September, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government government looks to plug important data gaps in his third term after years of criticism.
India will take about 18 months to complete the new survey once it begins, the report said.
(Reporting by Nikunj Ohri and Tanvi Mehta; Editing by YP Rajesh and Tom Hogue)