Data, Development and Democracy: The Political Economy of the Indian Census

India’s ability to conduct large-scale modern scientific exercises such as decennial population censuses with clockwork precision and unparalleled regularity is widely regarded as a source of collective national pride. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the regular schedule of the census, and it is not...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Review of development & change 2024-12, Vol.29 (2), p.145-155
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