Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the next census in the country will be conducted in an e-mode and that it will be 100 per cent perfect.

Speaking at a function at Amingaon in Assam, Shah said with the next census to be conducted in e-mode, it will be a 100 per cent perfect enumeration and on its basis, the country’s developmental planning for the next 25 years will be undertaken.

While e-census will have its challenges, there would also be advantages – about 50 per cent of the population will be able to feed their data themselves once the mobile application is downloaded on their phones, he pointed out.