Collection of district-level infra data to begin after phase 1 of Census
Published on: April 6, 2026, 4:01 a.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
NEW DELHI, Apr 5 : Two months after the first phase of the Census gets over, local bodies’ government officials will collect granular data on civic amenities across 784 districts to come up with the country’s District Census Handbook, or DCHB, containing a comprehensive record of civic infrastructure at the village and town level. In a letter to all states and Union Territories, the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, has asked them to commence the […]
