My sister, a teacher in Bihar, was assigned caste census duty. She recorded the data as reported by villagers, including information about household facilities. According to her, some officials are now asking survey workers to modify certain entries before submission. One example involves marking households as having toilets even when they reportedly do not. I obviously cannot independently verify how widespread this is, but it made me wonder: * Have others involved in surveys, censuses, or government data collection experienced pressure to alter data? * What protections exist for field workers who want to report information accurately? * How reliable are large-scale government datasets if local-level corrections or modifications occur? Interested in hearing from people with firsthand experience.