-India Spend Mumbai: Poverty and lack of opportunity in their hometowns drove 93 million Indians from disadvantaged castes and tribes in 2011 to migrate to other areas within their states in the hope of securing education or employment. However. they continue to face social segregation, labour market discrimination and barriers to accessing the most basic services, finds an analysis of census data and research studies by India Migration Now, a Mumbai-based...

-The Telegraph NRC, NPR emblematic of our hypocrisy that turns a blind eye to those persecuted by us here Hatingaram’s life is less “here”, more “there”. Here — his village. There — in the open, across the country, under the sky. The ‘Raika’ — a semi-nomadic pastoralist from Rajasthan — are always on the move, lock, stock and barrel. Literally. In his home state, he is a near-absent citizen; in Madhya Pradesh, a...

-The Indian Express While many opposition-ruled states have said they will not participate in NPR, Kerala has officially declared the same. On Monday it issued an official statement to that effect. New Delhi: With the Kerala government declaring that it will not participate in the National Population Register (NPR) exercise slated to begin on April 1, the Centre has said that it will sensitise states to the fact that information being sought...

-The Hindu The self-enumeration option will, however, not be available in the first phase — the House Listing and Housing census that is to be carried out from April 1 to September 30, 2020. In the second phase of the decennial census exercise that will be conducted in February 2021, respondents will have the option to fill in details on their own, a senior government official said. The ‘population enumeration’ phase of...

-The Hindu Union Home Ministry calls States for meet on census, NPR on January 17 The Union Home Ministry has convened a meeting on Friday to discuss the modalities for the 2020 census and the National Population Register (NPR), officials said. Except West Bengal, the representatives of all other States have agreed to attend the meeting. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai will chair the meeting which will be attended by...