New Delhi, March 10 -- Many of the census-related preparatory activities have been completed, and technological updation was in progress, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Department Related Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs.

The committee mentioned the details in its 252nd report, which was laid on the table of the Lok Sabha on Monday and later presented in the Rajya Sabha.

The report's Chapter 3 mentions, "the Ministry (MHA), while giving its presentation to the Committee has mentioned about the allocation of Rs 1,309.46 crores in Budget Estimate (BE) 2024-25 under this head in anticipation of the declaration of Census and updation of National Population Register (NPR) which got postponed earlier due to outbreak of Cor...