“This rules out the Census exercise before the 2024 general election, which is expected to be held in April and May next year. This is the ninth such extension of the deadline,” writes the newspaper. Registrar General of India regarding the freezing of administrative boundaries until October 2024 is perplexing as no reasons have been publicised for the same. The Hindu writes that the report on ‘Vital Statistics of India Based On The Civil Registration System’ for 2020 was only released in May 2022. This report carries statistics on the causes of deaths, cross-tabulating them by age and sex of the deceased.

Source: The Hindu December 31, 2023 12:33 UTC