Amit Shah says next Census in 2021 will be done digitally, proposes multipurpose ID card for NPR rollout
India tech2 News Staff Sep 23, 2019 19:07:57 IST
To give a boost to the government's digitisation efforts, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that in the upcoming Census in 2021, a mobile app will be used for data collection. Shah also said the Centre was likely set to spend Rs 12,000 crore on the 2021 Census as well as the preparation of the National Population Register (NPR).
"A mobile app will be used in Census 2021. It will be a transformation from paper census to digital census," Shah said at an event in Delhi, according to a report by NDTV.
Shah even put forth an idea to have a multipurpose ID card for every citizen which includes the passport, Aadhaar and voter ID card.
Amit Shah says next Census in 2021 will be done digitally, proposes multipurpose ID card for NPR rollout
Image: Pixabay.
This is in line with an announcement made by officials of Registrar General of India in April this year, which said that for the first time in the 140 year history of Census in India, the 2021 data collection will be done through a mobile app and enumerators would be encouraged to use their own mobile phone.
Meanwhile, the Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba also urged caution while using technology for data collection and stressed that data confidentiality should be maintained. India's last census was carried out in 2011 when the country's population stood at 121 crore. Shah has said that around Rs 12,000 crore will be set aside for India's first digital census in 2021.
In March this year, the government announced that the next census will be done with 1 March 2021 as the reference date.
Updated Date: Sep 23, 2019 19:07:57 IST
Govt eyes digital census, new all-encompassing ID
2 min read . Updated: 23 Sep 2019, 12:43 PM IST
Shaswati Das
Home minister Amit Shah said the govt was set to spend ₹12,000 crore on the 2021 Census as well as for the preparation of the National Population Register
The 2011 Census pegged India’s population at 1.21 billion—a 17.6% rise from that of 2001
Topics
Amit Shah2021 Census
New Delhi: The next decadal census will be a mammoth digital exercise, to be carried out through a mobile app.
All previous censuses in India have been paper-based, but home minister Amit Shah has championed the usage of digital technology for the upcoming Census, due in March 2021. The exercise is expected to cut the errors of a paper-based system.
“A mobile app will be used in Census 2021. It will be a transformation from paper census to digital census," Shah said on Monday.
The 2011 Census pegged India’s population at 1.21 billion—a 17.6% rise from that of 2001.
Shah said the government was set to spend ₹12,000 crore on the 2021 Census as well as for the preparation of the National Population Register (NPR), saying it would eliminate the need for multiple identifications.
NPR is distinct from the Census. The register’s objective, according to the Censusindia website, is to create “a comprehensive identity database in the country with full identification and other details by registering each and every usual resident in the country". The idea is to better target benefits and services, and prevent identity fraud.
An official familiar with the development said that even though “the modalities of the process are being worked out", unlike the National Sample Survey Office officials, who were given a hand-held device to conduct the survey, Census officials would be required to download a mobile app, which would reduce the time lag between gathering the information from households and sending it forward for tabulation.
Shah said a cleaner and more streamlined Census would prepare the ground for compiling data for NPR, adding that the register had the potential to club all other forms of identification such as Aadhaar, permanent account number (PAN), driving licence and electoral photo identity Card cards under one platform.
“NPR will prove to be a game changer in the country. Digital census has many benefits. If a child takes birth and attains the age of 18, then he/she should be able to vote automatically without applying for a voter identification card," said Shah.
Earlier this year, the Centre decided to prepare an NPR by September 2020 to lay the foundation for rolling out a citizens’ register across the country, which could potentially lay the basis of a pan-India National Register of Citizens exercise.
Speaking on the sidelines of an event, Shah said: “Population census is an exercise that helps to provide people the benefits of the government schemes. National Population Register will help government solve many issues in the country… the Census 2011 data was used for Ujjwala Yojana to increase domestic LPG cylinder coverage."
Shah added that while “a Census helps us plan our social welfare and entitlement schemes better", through NPR India would have a “multipurpose identity document that will have all details like Aadhaar and PAN card".
Earlier this year, the government announced that the next census would be conducted in two phases.
The Census of 2011 was also held in two phases—the House Listing and Housing Census was carried out from April to September 2010 and Population Enumeration from February 9 to 28 in 2011.
India tech2 News Staff Sep 23, 2019 19:07:57 IST
To give a boost to the government's digitisation efforts, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that in the upcoming Census in 2021, a mobile app will be used for data collection. Shah also said the Centre was likely set to spend Rs 12,000 crore on the 2021 Census as well as the preparation of the National Population Register (NPR).
"A mobile app will be used in Census 2021. It will be a transformation from paper census to digital census," Shah said at an event in Delhi, according to a report by NDTV.
Shah even put forth an idea to have a multipurpose ID card for every citizen which includes the passport, Aadhaar and voter ID card.
Amit Shah says next Census in 2021 will be done digitally, proposes multipurpose ID card for NPR rollout
Image: Pixabay.
This is in line with an announcement made by officials of Registrar General of India in April this year, which said that for the first time in the 140 year history of Census in India, the 2021 data collection will be done through a mobile app and enumerators would be encouraged to use their own mobile phone.
Meanwhile, the Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba also urged caution while using technology for data collection and stressed that data confidentiality should be maintained. India's last census was carried out in 2011 when the country's population stood at 121 crore. Shah has said that around Rs 12,000 crore will be set aside for India's first digital census in 2021.
In March this year, the government announced that the next census will be done with 1 March 2021 as the reference date.
Updated Date: Sep 23, 2019 19:07:57 IST
Govt eyes digital census, new all-encompassing ID
2 min read . Updated: 23 Sep 2019, 12:43 PM IST
Shaswati Das
Home minister Amit Shah said the govt was set to spend ₹12,000 crore on the 2021 Census as well as for the preparation of the National Population Register
The 2011 Census pegged India’s population at 1.21 billion—a 17.6% rise from that of 2001
Topics
Amit Shah2021 Census
New Delhi: The next decadal census will be a mammoth digital exercise, to be carried out through a mobile app.
All previous censuses in India have been paper-based, but home minister Amit Shah has championed the usage of digital technology for the upcoming Census, due in March 2021. The exercise is expected to cut the errors of a paper-based system.
“A mobile app will be used in Census 2021. It will be a transformation from paper census to digital census," Shah said on Monday.
The 2011 Census pegged India’s population at 1.21 billion—a 17.6% rise from that of 2001.
Shah said the government was set to spend ₹12,000 crore on the 2021 Census as well as for the preparation of the National Population Register (NPR), saying it would eliminate the need for multiple identifications.
NPR is distinct from the Census. The register’s objective, according to the Censusindia website, is to create “a comprehensive identity database in the country with full identification and other details by registering each and every usual resident in the country". The idea is to better target benefits and services, and prevent identity fraud.
An official familiar with the development said that even though “the modalities of the process are being worked out", unlike the National Sample Survey Office officials, who were given a hand-held device to conduct the survey, Census officials would be required to download a mobile app, which would reduce the time lag between gathering the information from households and sending it forward for tabulation.
Shah said a cleaner and more streamlined Census would prepare the ground for compiling data for NPR, adding that the register had the potential to club all other forms of identification such as Aadhaar, permanent account number (PAN), driving licence and electoral photo identity Card cards under one platform.
“NPR will prove to be a game changer in the country. Digital census has many benefits. If a child takes birth and attains the age of 18, then he/she should be able to vote automatically without applying for a voter identification card," said Shah.
Earlier this year, the Centre decided to prepare an NPR by September 2020 to lay the foundation for rolling out a citizens’ register across the country, which could potentially lay the basis of a pan-India National Register of Citizens exercise.
Speaking on the sidelines of an event, Shah said: “Population census is an exercise that helps to provide people the benefits of the government schemes. National Population Register will help government solve many issues in the country… the Census 2011 data was used for Ujjwala Yojana to increase domestic LPG cylinder coverage."
Shah added that while “a Census helps us plan our social welfare and entitlement schemes better", through NPR India would have a “multipurpose identity document that will have all details like Aadhaar and PAN card".
Earlier this year, the government announced that the next census would be conducted in two phases.
The Census of 2011 was also held in two phases—the House Listing and Housing Census was carried out from April to September 2010 and Population Enumeration from February 9 to 28 in 2011.
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