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International Journal of Political Science

Volume  6, Issue 2, July – December 2020, Pages 65-69
 

Review Article

Census-India's largest Administrative Exercise

Kapil Khare

Kapil Khare, Ex Guest Faculty, Department of Political Science, Government College Bichhua, Near Power House, Chhindwara, Bichhua, Madhya Pradesh 480111, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijpos.2454.9371.6220.7

Abstract

The word census is derived from Rome's ancient word censor, While Roman state servants,called censors, According to the government instructions, every fifth year, the number of families and members of each family were presented and the details of economic and social facts. It was started by the sixth king of Rome (578–534 BC)
named Sarvatiya Talius. Augustus introduced this custom the Roman Empire five years before Christ.The modern census form is becoming very vivid. It includes every person, family, village, locality, city, human
beings of different administrative areas and entire region of a country and their residential, economic, social, religious, educational, ethnic, political facts, intra-regional, inter-provincial or international exchange. Containsdetails like - travel, unemployment etc. All these facts are constantly changing, so after ten years, these data are taken, so that according to the change in the facts, the government policy and plans and various items, income expenditure plans can also be amended and changed as needed.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had told on 18 November 2019 that this time the mobile app will be used in the
census. Data will be available digitally. He said that the more closely the census takes place, the more it will help in
strengthening the country's economy. On the question related to this, Nityanand Rai told the Minister of State for
Home Affairs that this time the mixed mode will be used for data collection. The facility to collect data will be given
to the employees that either they submit the data directly through the app. Or by filling the paper form, upload it
on the mobile app.


Data security has become an important issue in the last few years. There were a lot of questions over the security
of Aadhaar data last year. Governments have a close watch on social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp, whether they are misusing user data. In such a situation, people are also worried about the security of the data being collected for the population. According to the government, census data is completely secret. It cannot
be shared with any government or private agency. However, some information related to the National Population Register can be used by the government in investigation. Only the government can use the database of the final draft of the National Population Register.


Keywords: Census; Administrative; Exercise.
 


Corresponding Author : Kapil Khare.