Census postponed again, to be delayed till at least October next year Subject: Polity Section: National Body Context: The deadline to freeze the administrative boundaries of districts,  tehsils, towns, municipal bodies and others for the Census has been extended till June 30, 2024. This means the decennial exercise, which should have started in 2020, will now be postponed again till at least October 2024,as it usually takes about three months to prepare the list of enumerators after setting the boundaries. Need of Freezing Administrative Boundaries: Before every Census, states are […]