GUWAHATI: Following a direction from the Registrar General of India (RGI) the Government of Assam is all set to conduct Census-2021 across the State.
Phase-1 of Census 2021 includes ‘House listing and Housing Census’ which will be conducted from April 20 to May 20, 2020. Phase-2 pertaining to ‘Population Enumeration’ will be conducted from February 9 to 28, 2021.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the State government that for the first time the “mix mode” approach of data collection has been adopted this time.
This will save a lot of time and cost since the data will be collected on papers and through mobile app. This will also help in releasing the Census data early.
A web portal - Central Monitoring and Management System (CMMS) has also been developed to manage and monitor all the Census-related activities.
Meanwhile, the RGI has decided not to conduct the NPR (National Population Register) in Assam as the NRC has already been carried out here. On the other hand, the NPR will be conducted simultaneously with the Census in the other States and UTs of India.
According to a General Administration Department (GAD) source, more than 50,000 government employees will be involved in this Census exercise.
