Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the data from the next census exercise will help in making India a developed nation. “Development plans can only be made when accurate data is available. I am confident that the data from the next census exercise will help in making India a developed nation,” Shah said. “The registration of birth and death is important for any country as it needs for maintaining various data like citizen’s data, voter’s list and for the assessment of beneficiaries,” Shah further said while taking note of a web portal, created for birth and death registration, which was inaugurated on Monday.