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- The Census 2021 is to ask 31 questions to the citizens.
- The questions to be asked are decided by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- The Census 2021 is to be conducted through mobile phone application.
- For the first time of Indian history, the following are to be included
- The information about households run by transgender is to be collected.
- Under the question of sex of household head, male, female and transgender is to be collected.
- The 2011 census clubbed the employment of transgender, their caste and literacy under “Males” category.
- Inquiry about main cereal consumed.
- Earlier it was announced that the census for the first time will collect data on OBC.
- However, this has not been included.
- Rather there is provision of SC/ST in the census.
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