The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) has announced plans to conduct a digital census for persons with disabilities in Nigeria. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Ayuba Gufwan, said this during a press briefing in Abuja on Monday to commemorate the 2024 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPDs). Mr Gufwan said the … Read more
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz, a former Obama Administration official, was six years old when she became, as she puts it, “a card-carrying Indian”—an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, from whom she is descended on her mother’s side. The occasion was marked by the delivery of a typewritten card, issued by the tribe’s … Read more
The Congress on Monday sought an all-party meeting to get clarity on whether the next census would include a detailed enumeration of all castes and whether the census will be used for determining the strength of each state in the Lok Sabha. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the extension of the tenure … Read more
Last Updated:October 28, 2024, 09:15 IST Despite some political parties calling for caste census, News18 has learnt that at this moment, the government has no plans to allow the same According to the 2011 data, India’s population stands at 121.1 crore of which 52 per cent are males and 48 per cent are females. (Getty) … Read more
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that the government will “very soon” make an announcement for carrying out the census in the country. “We will announce it very soon,” Shah said in response to a question on conducting the decadal census of the Indian population which has been delayed due to the … Read more
India’s census could be delayed yet again. The speculations about the once-in-a-decade headcount missing the mark this year too gained more ground after the decision of the government to reduce allocation for census in this year’s budget and not earmark anything for the National Population Register (NPR). The census was originally scheduled for 2020. House … Read more
