Those who fear the minimally invasive ten questions of the 2010 U.S. Census would become apoplectic over India's census. India's current census includes photographs and fingerprints of every resident to create 1.2 billion national identity cards. The Indian census also collects information on education, religion, and occupation.
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It is one of the most complicated excercises ever conducted on the face of the earth.This is being repeated after every ten years since 1891. The article would have mentioned about the dedicated efforts of thousands of enumerators using all modes of transports heard and unheard of. Thanks to the advent of the Information Technology,the compilation has become easy. The parts played by the various governmental and non governmental agencies involved are also mind blogging.