New Delhi: The Union Government has announced its decision to carry out the long-awaited Census next year, aiming to complete the process by 2026. The last nationwide census was conducted in the year 2011. According to the sources, the government is also expected to include caste enumeration in the census.
Additionally, following the Census, the government also plans to execute delimitation to redraw constituency boundaries and women’s reservation bill. As per the current plan, the delimitation exercise could start as early as 2027 and be completed within a year. This will allow the next Lok Sabha elections in 2029 to be conducted post-delimitation and after the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill.
Recently, the tenure of Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan as Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India was extended until August 2026.
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