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Census: What Are the Concerns Around India's First Digital Census?

Census: Concerns are growing over India's digital census, with only half of the 1.4 billion population having smartphone access, risking exclusion of millions. Additionally, past data breaches raise serious privacy alarms.

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Census data needs to be verifiable and accurate so it can be used effectively in formulating welfare policies.

India has finally got around to organising its 2021 census –  three years after it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first  Census of India was conducted in 1881 and has been conducted every decade since then. The last census was held in 2011.
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It is one of the largest data collection exercises in the world. This will be the first digital census of India. Citizens will have the choice of self-enumerating by filling the census form digitally.

They are expected to do it through a special mobile app developed by the Office of the Registrar General of In

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