Census: Citizens to be allowed to self-enumerate online; home visit by officials to continue

Government allows citizens to self-enumerate for Census online; home visit by officials to continue

The citizens of the country, if they wish, will be able to self-enumerate online in the upcoming census as the government has amended the rules that allowed the census schedule, which contains questions to be asked during the decennial exercise, to be both on paper and in electronic forms.

Citizens to be Allowed Online Self-enumeration for Census; Home Visit by Officials to Continue

The Centre has not yet announced the new dates for kickstarting the process of the Census that has been shelved since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

Census: Citizens to be allowed to self-enumerate online; home visit by officials to continue

Apart from allowing the provision of online self-enumeration, home visit by the enumerators for collecting census data will continue as in the past.

New Census Rules: Citizens to be Allowed to Self-Enumerate Online; Home Visit to Continue too

The census operation and updation of NPR continues to be on hold and the government is yet to announce the new schedule.

Census: Citizens to be allowed to self-enumerate online; home visit by officials to continue

The new rules define self-enumeration as "filling-up, completion and submission of census schedule by respondents themselves".

Census: Citizens to be allowed to self-enumerate online; home visit by officials to continue

Apart from allowing the provision of online self-enumeration, a home visit by the enumerators for collecting census data will continue as in the past.