New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) The Congress on Monday sought an all-party assembly to get readability on whether or not the subsequent census would come with an in depth enumeration of all castes and whether or not the census can be used for figuring out the power of every state within the Lok Sabha.
Congress common secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh mentioned the extension of the tenure of the Registrar Common and Census Commissioner has been notified and it implies that the long-delayed Census that was due in 2021 will lastly be carried out quickly.
“However there’s nonetheless completely no readability on two essential points. Will this new Census embody an in depth enumeration of ALL castes within the nation, along with that of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes that has been finished in each Census since 1951? In keeping with the Structure of India, such a Caste Census is the only accountability of the Union Authorities,” Ramesh mentioned in a submit on X.
The extension of the tenure of the Registrar Common and Census Commissioner has simply been notified. It implies that the long-delayed Census that was due in 2021 will lastly be carried out quickly. However there’s nonetheless completely no readability on two essential points.
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“Will this Census be used for figuring out the power of every state within the Lok Sabha as offered for in Article 82 of the Structure of India (which says that the primary Census taken after the yr 2026 and the publication of its outcomes will the premise of any such reconstitution)? Will this work to the drawback of states which were pioneers in household planning?” the Congress chief mentioned.
It could be most acceptable if an all-party assembly is held quickly to get readability on these two very important points, Ramesh asserted.
The central deputation of Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, presently serving as Registrar Common and Census Commissioner of India, has been prolonged until August 2026, paving the way in which for him to guide the workforce to hold out the much-delayed decadal census of India.
“The President is happy to increase the central deputation tenure of Shri Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, IAS (UP:1995), Registrar Common and Census Commissioner of India, Ministry of House Affairs past 06.12.2024 for a interval as much as 04.08.2026 or till additional orders whichever is earlier. The Headquarters of Shri Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, IAS (UP:1995) can be New Delhi,” in accordance with an official notification.
Narayan is a 1995 batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre and is holding the important thing submit beneath the Ministry of House Affairs since 2020.
The home itemizing part of the census and the train to replace the Nationwide Inhabitants Register (NPR) have been scheduled to be carried out throughout the nation from April 1 to September 30, 2020 however have been postponed as a result of COVID-19 outbreak.
The census operation continues to be on maintain and the federal government has not but introduced the brand new schedule.
The federal government is anticipated to announce the schedule for the much-delayed train quickly.
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