From paper to digital census in 2021: Amit Shah pitches the idea

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the Census 2021 data will be collected through a mobile app. The Home Minister also said that there should also be a system that when a person dies, the information is updated in the population data automatically.

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Elaborating on the topic, Shah said that the process of compiling the population census is an exercise that helps to provide people with the benefits of government schemes and added that the National Population Register (NPR) will help the government solve many issues in the country. "Population census is not a boring exercise," said the Home Minister, "It is an exercise that helps to provide people with the benefits of the government schemes. National Population Register (NPR) will help the government solve many issues in the country."

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Amit Shah on Monday, September 23, said that a mobile app will be used in the next census of India which will be carried out in the year 2021. "A mobile app will be used in Census 2021. It will be a transformation from paper census to digital census," Shah said.

While addressing a gathering at an event in the national capital, Shah proposed the idea of a multipurpose identity card for every citizen with all utilities like passport, Aadhaar, voter card, driving licence and bank accounts. "We can have just one card for all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, bank account, driving licence, voter card. This is a potential," Shah said.

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