In two months, India is projected to become the world’s most populous country with over 1.4 billion people. The office of the Registrar General of India, which is responsible for the census, did not respond to a request for comment. TEACHERS’ TRAVAILSThe United Nations has projected India’s population could touch 1,425,775,850 on April 14, overtaking China on that day. According to UIDAI, 1.30 billion people were enrolled under Aadhaar on December 31, 2022, against a projected population then of 1.37 billion. “The problem is that SRS and projections that we have are reasonably accurate if the country is taken as a whole.

Source: The Nation February 15, 2023 19:10 UTC