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Congress's questions on census: The central government is going to conduct census soon. For this, the government has extended the tenure of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, for which a notification has also been issued. Now Congress has raised questions on this.
'Census will happen soon'
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote on social media platform 'X', 'It is clear from the government's notification that the long delayed Census 2021 will finally be conducted soon. Two important issues are still unclear before the census survey.
Questions raised on these issues
Raising questions on the census, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote on 'X', 'Apart from the enumeration of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, which has been done in every census since 1951, will the enumeration of castes also be included in this new census? According to the Constitution of India, the census of such castes is the responsibility of the Central Government.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote on 'X', 'Will the use of this census be the basis for publication under Article 82 of the Constitution of India (which says that any such reorganization shall be subject to the first census conducted after the year 2026 and its Result)? Will this harm states that are leaders in family planning?
The Congress leader also demanded the government to call an all-party meeting soon to get clarity on both these issues.
Census history
The first census in India was conducted in the year 1872 during the reign of Governor-General Lord Mayo. The first complete census of India was conducted in 1881 by Commissioner W.C. Was organized by. It was organized by Plowden. After this this happened once every 10 years. However, many times gaps were also seen in it. The first census of independent India was conducted in the year 1951. After this, census was conducted six times in India.