New Delhi: The 2021 Census will be the first digital census in the country and there is a provision for self-enumeration. “The forthcoming census is to be the first digital census and there is a provision for self-enumeration,” Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed the Parliament on Tuesday.
A mobile App for collection of data and a census portal for management and monitoring of various census-related activities have been developed, the Minister said in Lok Sabha. He said due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 census and other related field activities have been postponed until further orders.
