India's federal cabinet on Tuesday approved funds for a census and population survey to be conducted next year, amid fears that the database could be used to build a controversial citizens register.
That is likely to inflame feelings further as protesters across India rally against a citizenship law that many say is anti-Muslim.
Bharat Gopalaswamy is a Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation.
He joins us by Skype from New Brunswick, New Jersey to discuss this.
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