-Houselisting, counting of people and NPR to be done through mobile app in addition to the schedules
The Himachal Herald, Shimla
The Directorate of Census Shimla is working on conducting Digital Census by developing portals and applications. Two portals, namely CMMs portal and Self Enumeration portals are being introduced in which respondents shall be given right to enumerate themselves by filling up the required information.
A spokesperson informed PIB that mainly five apps have been developed for collection of data and testing for the same will be done in the field first. He said after clearance from M/o Home Affairs, the first Digital Census shall be conducted. He added that the Directorate is continuing its Birth & Death Registration activities in routine that also includes deaths due to COVID-19 in the State of H.P.
Hon’ble Finance Minister in her speech of Budget 2021, had informed that the target is to have the Census of India 2021 done digitally. In this series, various works are being carried out by the Office of the Registrar General of India and the Directorate like a web portal has been prepared for the management and monitoring of census-2021, through which appointments and payments are to be made.
For the first time in Census-2021, the work of Houselisting, counting of people and NPR will be done through mobile app in addition to the schedules. For the first time in this census, GIS tagging is to be done for the work of enumerator near map and observer circle map.
Due to the global pandemic “COVID 19”, the work of Census 2021 and National Population Register has been postponed till further orders, however the registration of birth and death is going on in all the centers of the state and through the online portal Updating monthly.
Apart from this, the field work of survey for the year 2019 has been completed under the system of sample registration and the plan for the field survey work of 2020 is being worked out.
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