The deadline to freeze the administrative boundaries of districts, tehsils, towns, and municipal bodies, among others, has been extended till June 30, 2024, a senior government official told The Hindu. This means that the decennial Census exercise, initially scheduled to be begin in 2020, will now be postponed till at least October 2024 as it usually takes about three months after the boundaries are set to identify and train the enumerators.
This also delays the implementation of the law reserving 33% seats for women legislators in Parliament and the State Assemblies, as that is also dependent on the completion of the Census.
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