Chhattisgarh chief ministerBhupeshBaghelhas written a letter to Prime MinisterNarendra Modiurging him to direct the authorities concerned to release the schedule for new census.
The census operations, which was scheduled to be held in 2021, was stopped due to the pandemic. For the last 150 years, census was carried out every ten years and the data collected gives information about socio-economic and cultural changes in the country , Baghel said.
Pointing out that the figures of socio-economic situation collected during 2011 census is no longer relevant, the chief minister said along with the census, a new survey should also be started at the earliest to identify the deprived and eligible beneficiaries.