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A petition has been moved before the Supreme Court on Thursday against the recent order passed by the Patna High Court dismissing pleas challenging the caste-based survey in Bihar.The special leave petition filed by Akhilesh Kumar, one of the ...

The plea filed by Nalanda resident Akhilesh Kumar submitted that in terms of the constitutional mandate, only the Union government is empowered to conduct a census.

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Patna High Court order upholding the validity of a caste survey in Bihar, contending the notification issued by the state government for the exercise is against the constitutional mandate

Of Rs 1.96 crore from the Union Budget for 2023-24, the budget allocated for Census 2021 has been slashed from Rs 3,676 crore in the last budget to Rs 1,564 crore in this budget.

The government feels that this could make quality and reliable official data available at the earliest for evidence-based policymaking, robust decision support system for inclusive planning, and smooth implementation of welfare schemes

While both NPR and NRC created much controversy in the wake of the Citizenship Amendment Act, with many states opposing them, the deadline for Census enumeration was indefinitely postponed in early 2020 due to Covid outbreak.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered freezing of boundaries of all administrative units in the union territory until the completion of census 2021, officials said on Wednesday."In exercise of the power conferred by clause (iv) of ...

The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered freezing of boundaries of all administrative units in the Union Territory till completion of census 2021.

Jammu, Jan 25: The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered freezing of boundaries of all administrative units in the Union Territory till completion of census 2021.“In exercise of the power conferred by clause (iv) of rule 8 of the Census Rules, 1990 and in supersession of all notification issued in this behalf, the Government of

Jammu, Jan 25: The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered freezing of boundaries of all administrative units in the Union Territory till completion of census 2021. “In exercise of the power conferred by clause (iv) of rule 8 of the Census Rules, 1990 and in supersession of all notification issued in this behalf, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir hereby freezes the boundaries of Districts/Tehsils, Municipalities, Towns, Revenue villages and other Administrative units in the whole Union ...