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Every Indian is legally bound to answer census questions and all requisite steps are being taken to carry out the census and the National Population Register exercise smoothly, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the state governments appoint census officers to take or aid in or supervise the census exercise under the

Every Indian national is legally bound to reply to the census questions and all requisite steps are being taken to carry out the census and compilation of the National Population Register (NPR) exercise smoothly, the Parliament was told on ...

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A legal challenge to questions on sex and gender in the upcoming census in Scotland has been thrown out by the Court of Session.

The Scottish census will allow people to self-identify as male or female after a legal ruling by judge Lord Sandison.

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New Delhi, Feb 8: The Central Government has not enumerated caste-wise population other than Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) since independence, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the intent of the government for conducting Census 2021 was notified in the Gazette of India on March 28, 2019. However, he said, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the census and related field activities have been postponed until further orde...

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared Rs 8,500 crore funding for the National Population Register (NPR), a project once propelled by the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) that has lately become controversial because it is the first step to create the contentious citizens’ register.

NICOLA Sturgeon is being challenged over an unlawful move to allow people to choose their gender in this year’s census.

Plans to allow people to self-identify when asked if they're male or female face a legal challenge.