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World Population Day – 11 July



                                              Census 2027

                 WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, TO BE

           PART OF A CENSUS AFTER 16 YEARS








         In the year 1989, the United
         Nations had announced to
         celebrate World Population
         Day; since then, this day
         has been celebrated every
         year on 11 July all over the
         world. About one-fifth of the
         world’s population lives in
         India. Recently the Political
         Affairs Committee of the
         Union Cabinet, chaired by
         Prime Minister Narendra
         Modi, decided to include
         caste-wise enumeration in                                                      Census
         the upcoming census. This                                                      2021
         decision will empower the
         economically and socially                                                 Was proposed in two
         backward classes and                                                     phases, but due to the
         promote inclusion...                                                     outbreak of  the global
                                                                                 Covid-19 pandemic, the
                                                                                     census had to be
                                                                                       postponed.






                                                                                     Census-2027

                                                                                     n   Will be conducted in
                                                                                       two phases.
                                                                  The reference date for Ladakh and snow bound
                                                                n
                                                                  non-synchronous areas of Union Territory
                                                                  of Jammu and Kashmir and the states of
                                                                  Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.will be
                                                                  October 1, 2026.
                                                                  The reference date for the rest of the country
                                                                n
                                                                  will be March 1, 2027.


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