In line with the Union and State government’s directions, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has started recruiting specialized staff for the population census scheduled to be conducted next year.
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“36 civil servants have been appointed to start the census exercise scheduled to be conducted next year,” Additional Municipal Commissioner of PMC Omprakash Diwate said.
Initially, the Census Division of the SMC will begin demarcating the boundaries of the Enumeration Block (EB) – the basic building block of the census – in the Electoral Commission area for civic bodies. “The civil servants have been asked to prepare a detailed list of manpower available in schools, colleges and educational institutes, along with addresses of the manpower, so that they can be deputed for field work during the census period,” Dewati said, adding that this would help in providing training to the staff for census work.
The country’s population census is conducted every 10 years. The exercise was scheduled to take place in 2021, but plans were put on hold after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. The census collects detailed data on each citizen in addition to the economic situation. The census to be conducted next year is also likely to take social class into account. Population data helps the government formulate policies and social welfare plans.
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(Tags for translation) Pune Census 2026
