Delay In Census Likely To Affect Welfare Schemes?

Our country is likely to cross the population figure of China and become the most populous country in the world source says. The government is still not ready with its experts in data collection to make the census foolproof and the acceptable source says. After every ten years, the census is carried out but the way it is being done lacks in many ways and requires thorough changeovers in the process source says. The last census was carried out in 2011 and the next was due in 2021 but due to Covid couldn’t be got conducted even after two years of hitches on the ground of technical support and logistical support, program is not announced source says. Though, unofficially population will cross how much, will only be known after the final figures arrived by RGI. In the absence of actual figures the government welfare schemes and many other programs and schemes are probably held up or not properly being planned source says.