Union Home Ministry has said that the work related to 2021 census, covering the country's entire 1.30 billion population, will begin this year. <br/><br/>The issue and the roadmap for undertaking the census in 2021 were discussed at a high-level meeting chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi yesterday.<br/><br/>In a statement, the Ministry said, the activities required to be undertaken this year, with regard to the census 2021, were discussed at the meeting. <br/><br/>These include firming up the design, stakeholders meeting and pilot exercise in selected states. The last census was undertaken in 2011.<br/><br/>The Home Minister also discussed the progress in updating National Register of Citizens in Assam, completion of the activities relating to National Population Register and measures to improve and strengthen the civil registration system.Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and other senior officials were also present at the meeting.<br/><br/>