On New Year’s Day in 2021, nearly 60,000 babies were born across India—the highest number of births given anywhere in the world that day, according to UNICEF. The record-breaking number also ...

As of May 2023, India is the most populous country in the world. According to the United Nations, India surpassed its neighbor China, which was previously the world’s most populous nation, in late ...

The Union Cabinet has greenlit ₹11,718.24 crore for a fully digital Census 2027, featuring India's first post-independence caste count and advanced tech, sans separate NPR funding.

NEW DELHI, July 17 (Reuters) - Nearly 135 million people, around 10% of India's population, escaped poverty in the five years to March 2021, a government report found on Monday. Rural areas saw the ...

India's Census 2027 will represent a landmark transition to a completely digital exercise. The Census was postponed from 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ministry of Home Affairs ...