Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : 15th
The correct answer is 15th. - Census is the basis for reviewing the country's progress in the past decade, monitoring the ongoing schemes of the government, and plan for the future.
- Census is conducted under the provisions of the Census Act 1948, and in India, this data is collected every 10 years.
- Census 2011 was the 15th National Census of the country since 1872 and the 7th after Independence.
- This census was conducted in two phases which are as follows:
- House Listing or Housing Census (first phase).
- Population Enumeration (second phase).
- The next census will take place in the year 2021.
- Vivek Joshi is the current Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- It is an exercise conducted under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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