The Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha’s dense forest cover and innumerable water inlets spread across 353 square kilometer area is home to 659 Indian Bison, a schedule-1 animal protected under Wildlife Protection Act, according to the maiden census of these animals.
The Congress on Monday posed questions to the BJP-led government at the Centre over the long-awaited Census, demanding that the ruling dispensation call an all-party meeting to clarify the issues related to it.
According to the latest summer census conducted on June 20-21, 2024, this year's count revealed the presence of a total of 19,918 Sarus cranes, marking an increase of 396 from the previous year, state forest department officials said on Wednesday.
The results of a state-level survey, India's first caste-based count since a 1931 census, were made public by Bihar
Taking into account the average population size of 20.78 % living in urban areas, the total OBC population at that time may have been more than 50% of the total population of Uttar Pradesh at 16.61 crore in the 2001 census.
Patnaik, in a letter to PM Modi raised concern about the heath risk involved in the exercise to both the functionaries as well as the people who will be approached for the census updation as well as the National Population Register, across the country.
Present in good numbers under the banner of National Adivasi-Indigenous Religion Coordination Committee, they said tribals have a separate identity, not associated with any religion, and therefore require a separate column in the census.
Meanwhile, all other states have agreed to participate in the conference of state chief secretaries and directors to discuss the modalities of the Census and NPR beginning April 1, and they are on board.
The meeting has been called by the Ministry of Home Affairs to discuss census, NPR and seek suggestions, training and appointment process for Census and NPR.
Under the NPR, a census will be conducted from house to house across the country from April 1, 2020, to September 30, 2020, in all the states/union territories, except Assam.
