India launches world’s largest census

With an estimated inhabitants of 1.4 billion, India—the world’s most populous nation—is launching the primary part of what’s set to be the most important census ever performed. Greater than three million officers are concerned in updating figures from the final rely in 2011, when the inhabitants stood at 1.21 billion. The mission might pave the best way for main adjustments to welfare packages and electoral boundaries. Liza Kaminov experiences.