India Begins Counting Over 1 Billion People in Digital Census

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "Government will come to know which caste has how much population, and can tailor welfare measures accordingly," said Sanjay Kumar, director at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, a New Delhi-based research institute.
54% : Officials say the updated data will inform decisions on welfare spending, urban planning and electoral representation as New Delhi seeks to sustain rapid economic growth while managing stark regional disparities.
51% : The government describes it as the world's largest of its kind. India's last official count in 2011 recorded 1.21 billion people, and the population is now estimated at over 1.4 billion, making it the world's most populous nation, according to the United Nations.

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