The Latest Breaking News from Census

In a recent opinion article, Economic Advisory Council member Shamika Ravi article raised concerns about the quality of data that India’s national surveys – the NSS, the PLFS, and the NFHS – collect. Ravi raises two main issues: overestimation of rural populations and different response rates across wealth groups proxied…

the government has taken a hostile approach towards the release of any data, even by its own agencies, that reveal inconvenient truths about its policies and their outcomes

Govt of India appointed Pronab Sen panel to review NSO methodology due to articles by Ravi and Debroy claiming outdated survey methodology underestimates India's development. Mohanan and Kundu argue no systematic underestimation, but errors should be minimised. Examining NFHS data, no systematic rural bias found. Pronab Sen Committee should address…

ECI team concluded 3-day consultation in Guwahati. Proposal to increase reserved seats in Assam widely welcomed. Draft proposal based on 2001 Census, kept Assembly/Parliament seats unchanged, increased ST/SC seats.

The Hindu Parley podcast discusses whether delimitation should be delayed any further? The last delimitation exercise took place in 1976. While the current boundaries were drawn on the basis of the 2001 Census, the number of Lok Sabha and State Assembly seats remained frozen on the basis of the 1971…

While the Congress party’s ‘Anna Bhagya’ promise betrayed a lack of vision for food security, it is also time to think beyond rice and wheat through the PDS

What will be the pandemic's lasting impact on where American families choose to settle down? It's still too soon to tell, but fresh data from the U.S. census provides some clues.

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The deadline to freeze the administrative boundaries of districts, tehsils and towns, among others, has been extended till December 31, ruling out the Census exercise before the 2024 General Elections.