{"id":261450,"date":"2023-09-23T18:39:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T13:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=261450"},"modified":"2023-09-23T18:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T13:09:18","slug":"people-count-on-the-issues-of-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/people-count-on-the-issues-of-census\/","title":{"rendered":"People count \u2013 On the Issues of Census"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source <\/strong>&#8211; The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cPeople count\u201d <\/strong>published in <strong>\u201cThe Hindu\u201d <\/strong>on <strong>23rd September 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <\/strong>GS1- Population and Associated Issues<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance &#8211; <\/strong>Issues related to census<\/p>\n<p><strong>News <\/strong>&#8211; On September 20, Home Minister Amit Shah informed the Lok Sabha that the Census would be conducted after the 2024 general election.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why is the centre delaying the Census until 2024?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There is demand for <strong>caste enumeration <\/strong>in the census, which is a cause of controversy among political parties.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, <strong>changes in the Citizenship Act<\/strong> and disputes between some states and the Center regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/national-population-register\/\"><strong>National Population Register<\/strong><\/a> have further complicated the matter.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why is the upcoming census significant?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The proposed <strong>33% reservation for women<\/strong> in Parliament and State Assemblies depends on <strong>upcoming Census and delimitation. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This Census will also mark the <strong>transition to a digital format.<\/strong> It will allow citizens to participate in <strong>&#8220;self-enumeration.&#8221; <\/strong>During self-enumeration, it will be mandatory to <strong>collect Aadhaar or mobile numbers. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Advancements in technology are rapidly improving the <strong>quality and methodology of population-level data collection. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-critically-analyze-the-provisions-of-the-registration-of-births-and-deaths-amendment-bill-2023-discuss-the-potential-benefits-and-dra\"><strong>Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023<\/strong><\/a> will facilitate the creation of a <strong>centralised population register<\/strong>. It will <strong>integrate data<\/strong> from electoral registers, Aadhaar, ration cards, passports, and driver&#8217;s licenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source &#8211; The post is based on the article \u201cPeople count\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 23rd September 2023. Syllabus: GS1- Population and Associated Issues Relevance &#8211; Issues related to census News &#8211; On September 20, Home Minister Amit Shah informed the Lok Sabha that the Census would be conducted after the 2024 general election.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/people-count-on-the-issues-of-census\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">People count \u2013 On the Issues of Census<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10308,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[263,10498],"class_list":["post-261450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-1","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}