Ahead of Census, new question: What cereal do you consume?
(WorldNews India)

AMID FEARS expressed by the Opposition and states such as West Bengal and Kerala over the National Population Register (NPR), the government Thursday notified another pre-Census exercise that will seek new information on household consumption, including the use of cereals. The exercise - Houselisting Operations of Census 2021 - will also seek data, for the first time, on smartphones, piped gas connections and mobile numbers. However, the notification makes it clear that mobile numbers will be asked only for Census-related communication. Another key departure from the previous two such exercises is that a question on households availing banking services has been removed. The notification...