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PM Modi calls census a national duty, 32 crore families recorded
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to participate in the ongoing national census, calling it a collective national duty, during his Mann Ki Baat radio address on Sunday. He said the first…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to participate in the ongoing national census, calling it a collective national duty, during his Mann Ki Baat radio address on Sunday. He said the first phase of the census is nearly complete, with data from over 32 crore families already recorded. Modi noted that census operations have reached remote, snow-bound areas of Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttarakhand, and shared examples of citizens who had self-enumerated using the digital platform.
More than 2.6 crore people have self-enumerated via mobile phones, Modi said. Citizens can self-register at the census portal ec.census.gov.in, a process that takes about 15-20 minutes and requires no document uploads. After verification, the data becomes part of the official census record. Both ABP Live and The New Indian Express report that Modi stressed the importance of accurate data for planning welfare schemes. In his address, Modi also discussed wildlife conservation, including the return of elephants to Assam's Sonai Rupai sanctuary, and the fight against malnutrition.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Both ABP Live and The New Indian Express carried Modi's census appeal as straight, neutral reports from the same source material, with no difference in stance. ABP Live led with the collective national duty framing and The New Indian Express led with vital national duty, but neither questioned the government's claims or added opposition commentary. The coverage of the census portion is uniform. The New Indian Express included extensive detail on Modi's wildlife and nutrition remarks, broadening the story beyond the census. Readers get a full record of Modi's radio address without critical or partisan framing. The census portal reported 2.6 crore self-enumerations and 32 crore families, numbers that will be tested when the full enumeration data is released.
Note: The source URLs in the provided material for the census portal differ (ec.census.gov.in vs se.census.gov.in), which is a factual discrepancy in the sources.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): news.abplive.com (neutral report), newindianexpress.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
