The much overdue Census will finally get off the blocks come April 1, with lakhs of enumerators fanning out, going house to house to collect data on things like living conditions and access to amenities. The sheer scale of the exercise makes it, even at the best of times, daunting.
But there are, apart from usual challenges, some that do not normally exist. These are partly procedural and partly arising from the context in which Census 2027 (as it is formally known because the headcount phase will happen next year) is taking place. Read full story on TOI+
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