Dehradun, Feb. 18 -- How accurate can projections made by economists and other development experts be based on data from the 2011 census? Why is there the continued delay in holding the decadal census, which had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak? There has been no indication from the government on when this will be undertaken.
One of the reasons why many politicians seem out of date when speaking of socio-economic conditions is because much of it is extrapolation of the 2011 data. They need to realise that in the years after that census, there have been the most rapid changes in India on all fronts. As such, people find it strange when their experienced reality is poorly reflected in government data. Researchers and administrato...