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Census 2021: OBC Data To Be Collected For The First Time In Country-Wide Survey
The 2011 Census being conducted in Mumbai (Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
First time in history, Census 2021 would collect data on Other Backward Classes (OBC) The Hindu reported Home Minister Rajnath Singh as saying on Friday (31 August) reviewing the functioning of the Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner.
Close to 25 lakh personnel have been trained and engaged for the gigantic exercise and the Ministry will ensure accurate collection of data in the census.
The Home Minister also said that the sample registration system, used for estimating infant mortality rate, the maternal mortality ratio and the fertility rates and the Civil Registration System, especially for birth and death registrations in rural need to be made more efficient.
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