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Census Schedule Adjusted in Poll States and Manipur

Source:The Hindu ↗

हे का महत्त्वाचे आहे

It underscores the administrative complexities and political considerations involved in scheduling the national Census, especially regarding conflict-ridden zones like Manipur versus election timelines.

सारांश

The government has decided to advance Census operations in four poll-bound States while deferring them in Manipur due to the continuing security situation and ethnic conflict, raising important questions about administrative execution and data completeness in conflict-affected regions.

मुख्य मुद्दे

  • The Census operations have been advanced in four poll-bound States while being deferred in Manipur due to ongoing ethnic strife and security concerns.
  • The Census is a statutory exercise conducted under the Census Act, 1948, providing crucial demographic, social, and economic data necessary for public policy and resource allocation.
  • Deferment in regions like Manipur highlights the administrative challenges of conducting large-scale exercises in conflict-affected zones.

महत्त्वाच्या संज्ञा

Census Act 1948

The foundational statute enacted in 1948 that provides the legal framework for conducting the decennial population census in India and empowers the Central Government with exclusive jurisdiction over census operations.

UPSC context

Important for GS Paper I (Demography) and GS Paper II (Polity & Governance - Statutory frameworks and federal administrative powers).

Source
Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner

The apex statutory authority functioning under the Ministry of Home Affairs, responsible for planning, supervising, and coordinating the decennial population census and vital statistics systems in India.

UPSC context

Crucial for GS Paper II (Governance and institutional mechanisms for data collection and public administration).

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पूर्वपरीक्षा सापळा

Census is a concurrent subject under the Seventh Schedule since state government machinery executes the enumeration.

Aspirants often assume Census is a concurrent subject because state machinery (teachers/officials) is used. It is exclusively a Union subject under Entry 69.

संबंधित स्थिर संकल्पना

Polity and Governance

What are the constitutional and statutory provisions governing the Census of India?

  • Constitutional Basis: Union Subject listed under Entry 69 of the Union List (List I) of the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
  • Census Act 1948: Statutory framework enacted in 1948 empowering the Central Government to notify and conduct decennial population counts.
  • Administrative Authority: Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the Ministry of Home Affairs executes the exercise.
  • Data Confidentiality: Section 17A guarantees absolute data confidentiality, barring individual records from being inspected or produced in courts.

आंतर-विषय नमुने

  • Census deferment vs Delimitation and Federalism

    Delaying decennial data in volatile border regions directly impacts electoral constituency readjustment and minority representation quotas under constitutional frameworks.

  • Union List census powers in conflict zones

    Security-driven state interventions in conflict zones test the limits of statutory centralization under Union List powers.

Expect a statement-based question combining Union List powers (Entry 69), Census Act 1948 confidentiality, and delimitation linkage.

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