Census, NPR data collection unlikely in 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic

The first phase of the Census and the exercise to update the NPR, scheduled for this year but deferred due to the coronavirus outbreak, may be delayed by a year as there is no sign the pandemic is slowing down. The Indian census is one of the largest administrative and statistical exercises in the world, with the involvement of more than 3 million officials who would visit each household across the length and breadth of the country.