The Ministry of Home Affairs has notified certain amendments to Census rules to allow online self-enumeration in the upcoming Census and National Population Register (NPR).
- The announcement had been made in 2020 but has been notified through the rules now.
What are the amendments?
- The government amended Census Rules, 1990, to include “electronic form” and “self-enumeration” in the schedule of questions to be asked during census enumeration.
- The amendment has been inserted in clause C of Rule-2, which deals with definitions.
- Section 8 of Census Act, 1948 has been amended. Section 8 of Census Act, 1948, gives powers to the enumerator to ask questions regarding the Census and makes it obligatory for respondents to answer, with certain exceptions.
- ’self-enumeration’ means filling-up, completion and submission of census schedule by respondents themselves”.
- In Rule 5, which also deals with publishing Census statistics through publications of magnetic media, the word “media” has been replaced with “electronic or any other media”.
- Rule 8 has an addition: “print media, electronic media, social media”, to the list of modes for ensuring wide publicity for the exercise. The earlier list only included radio, audio-visuals and posters.
About Census in India
- A systematic and modern population census, in its present form was conducted non synchronously between 1865 and 1872 in different parts of the country.
- This effort culminating in 1872 has been popularly labeled as the first population census of India However, the first synchronous census in India was held in 1881.
- Since then, censuses have been undertaken uninterruptedly once every ten year.
(Source: IE)
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