Census-Linked House Listing Operations To Begin In J&K From June 1

Key Highlights

• During the meeting, Director Census Operations, J-K and Ladakh, Amit Sharma, made a detailed presentation outlining the framework and key features of Census 2027, which will be India’s first fully digital census, they said.
• The presentation highlighted major innovations such as the Census Management and Monitoring System (CMMS), provision for self-enumeration by citizens, and caste enumeration, which are being introduced, officials mentioned further.
• The sequence of census activities, including training, self-enumeration, house listing and population enumeration, along with detailed timelines, was also elaborated, they added.
• Emphasising the importance of robust field-level implementation, the meeting approved expeditious hiring of manpower for census 2027 at the UT, district and charge levels, officials said.
• Deputy commissioners were directed to constitute District Level Census Cells and nominate officers for coordination, training and supervision, while instructions were issued for the timely identification of master trainers, supervisors and enumerators, they added.