Centre to begin census in 2025, Lok Sabha seat delimitation by 2028: Sources
New Delhi: The central government is set to initiate the long-delayed national census in 2025, with the process expected to extend until 2026, according to sources. This development follows a four-year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it will reportedly update the National Population Register (NPR) as part of the census cycle.
Following the completion of the census, the government plans to conduct delimitation of Lok Sabha seats by 2028. While several opposition parties have advocated for a caste-based census, the government has not yet committed to this, although there may be provisions for sub-sect surveys within the General and SC-ST categories, alongside the usual demographic breakdown.
The call for a caste census has gained momentum, with Congress MP Manickam Tagore criticising the government’s position. Tagore asserted that Prime Minister Modi’s stance on the issue disregards the needs of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities and challenges the representation demands.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah indicated in August that the census would be undertaken "at an appropriate time," and is likely to be conducted entirely digitally, with data collection via a mobile phone application. The upcoming census will be the first since 2011, when India’s population was recorded at over 1.21 billion, with a growth rate of 17.7 percent.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
