CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -In 2020, the census was postponed indefinitely and several requests were received from States for permission to create new units, the date of freezing of boundaries was first extended till December 31, 2020. It was extended again till December 31, 2021, then June 30, 2022 and further again to December 31, 2022.

Detailed explanation-2: -But the operation was postponed due to the sudden outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. And it’s most likely that there would be no census this year too, with hints being dropped that Census 2021 – the first digital one – will be done only after the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.

Detailed explanation-3: -The current population of India is 1, 414, 516, 317 as of February 03, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of India is projected at 1, 393, 409, 038 or 1.39 billion or 1393.4 million or 139 crore as of July 1, 2021.

Detailed explanation-4: -But in December, the Narendra Modi government told parliament that “due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Census 2021 and the related field activities have been postponed until further orders".