09, April 2019 09/04/2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau

Conference of data users

(Ministry of Home Affairs)

 

WHAT

Officials of Registrar General of India proposed the census data for 2021 to be collected through a mobile app.

  • The census 2021 would be the world’s largest such exercise.
  • The reference date is 1st October 2020 for Jammu & Kashmir and snow bound areas of Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand.
  • While for the rest of country the reference date is 1st March 2021.
  • Besides headcounts, it also provides invaluable socio-economic data.

 

ADVANTAGES

  • The changing demographics and socio economic parameters reflected by the census helps in reformulation of country’s plans for the economic development and welfare schemes for its people.
  • Census data caters to the Constitutional requirement of delimitation of constituencies and reservation of seats for SCs & STs.

 

REGISTRAR GENERAL OF INDIA

Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, founded in 1961 by Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs, for arranging, conducting and analysing the results of the demographic surveys of India including Census of India and Linguistic Survey of India. The position of Registrar is usually held by a civil servant holding the rank of Joint Secretary.

RGCCI (population survey) and language survey) as well as ASI (archaeology), AnSI (Anthropological Survey of India), BSI (botany), FSI (forests), FiSI (fisheries), GSI (geology), IIEE (ecology), NIO (oceanography), SI (cartography) and ZSI (zoology) are key national survey organisations of India.

 

Source: PIB