The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has established a High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes (HLCDC) to conduct a comprehensive study regarding demographic shifts in India following the 2011 Census. The committee's tasks will involve exploring the...
The guidelines for the Census 2026 state that individuals residing away from their hometown for work, education, or other reasons will be counted at their current living location instead of their native village. This rule is...
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has officially notified that the next national census will be conducted in 2027, marking India’s first population count...
Data is the new gold. Data is required to identify problems, frame policies, recognise beneficiaries and deliver solutions to them. Over the last three...
According to Census 2011, persons with a disability make up for 2.21% in India’s population. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has been...
Recently, Assam’s health minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, unveiled the draft of a new population policy for the state. It proposes, among other things, to...