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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has notified the Census (Amendment) Rules, 2026, broadening who can serve as enumerators for India's forthcoming digital Census. The change amends Rule 3 of the Census Rules, 1990, fram...
At Kavaratti, Administrator Praful Patel announced that Lakshadweep has become a fully (100%) literate Union Territory. The achievement came through ULLAS (Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society) – Nav Bha...
Gujarat has reorganised the Porbandar Forest Division to improve forest management and build Barda, in the Saurashtra region, into a second habitat for Asiatic lions beyond the Gir landscape. The step follows the natural...
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution asking the Centre to scrap the 'Open-Column Method' for counting Backward Classes (BCs), Most Backward Classes (MBCs) and Denotified Communities (DNCs)...
The Population Enumeration phase of Census 2027 has been brought forward in four poll-bound States: Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa. Enumeration will run from November 16, 2026 to January 4, 2027, with a revis...
Concerns over the striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) have highlighted gaps in population data and conservation planning in India. The species is Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, with an estimated 5,000-14,000 animals wor...
The Centre has deferred Census operations in Manipur. Meiteis, Pangals (Meitei Muslims) and Nagas demanded that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) be updated first with 1951 as the base year, and petitions in the Ma...
The 16th Finance Commission has recommended more than ₹27,000 crore for Tamil Nadu's Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) for 2026-31, besides special infrastructure and urbanisation grants. A basic grant of ₹20,054 crore will flow...
For the first time, Census 2027 will not count beggars and vagrants as a separate category; they will be grouped under 'others' within non-economic activity. In Census 2011 only about 3.8 lakh people declared themselves...
Disability rights groups have objected that the Census 2027 questionnaire proposes just 9 broad disability categories rather than separately recording all 21 disabilities recognised by the Rights of Persons with Disabili...
IntroductionIn a historic policy shift for demographic enumeration in post-independence India, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on 17 August 2026 officially notified the 40-question questionnaire for the second phase o...
IntroductionIn a pioneering community-centric wildlife conservation initiative, the Union Territory of Ladakh on 16 August 2026 announced the launch of India's first-ever High-Altitude Wildlife Safari, managed by the Sno...
