From February, the district administration will conduct population censuses. Economic census has already begun. Government staff will go into each house and collect data for the 2021 Census. The name of the head of the family, names of family members and their age, occupation, and income will be recorded in the economic census. There will also be a note of the number of unemployed people, a statistical officer said. Next time around, the person’s caste will also be noted in the population census, and whether he or she is an OBC. Other than this, the individuals will also be asked for ethnicity, name and age. TOP COMMENT What s weong is caste sharing… WHO TAKE ALL FREEBEES OF Government Vande Mataram SEE ALL COMMENTS ADD COMMENT The officer appealed to people to provide factual information to officials. “It’ll help the government formulate policy. This knowledge will not be exchanged with anyone and so people should be assured about confidentiality, “he said. Census is conducted once every 10 years. It was last conducted in 2010-2011 and in 2012 the findings became public.
