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Discuss Ashok Mitra’s classification method of Indian cities.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Settlements

Asok Mitra, Registrar General and Census Commissioner, built the scheme once the 1961 Census gave a uniform nine-category record of workers for every urban centre; issued in 1964, elaborated in 1973, covering some 2,528 centres.

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