Census 2021 to be conducted in 16 languages

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs said that during Census 2021, a mix mode approach is being adopted for data collection. Census will be conducted in two phases, viz., House-listing & Housing Census during April to September, 2020 and Population Enumeration during February 09-28, 2021. Certain changes have been made in the questionnaire on the suggestions of Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). The Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) has recommended an amount of Rs. 8754.23 crore for conducting Census 2021 in 16 languages.

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The 2021 Census of India is the 16th Indian Census. The 15th Indian Census taken in 2011, attempted to estimate the population based on Socio-Economic and Caste Status for the first time since 1931.