Govt. undecided on deadline to fix boundaries for Census
- The deadline to freeze administrative boundaries for the Census exercise ended recently, but a new date has not been announced.
Highlights:
- The ambiguity has a direct impact on the dates of the Census exercise that was previously held in 2011.
- The deadline has been extended nine times since December 2020.
- The order on December 30, 2023 which extended the freezing of administrative boundaries by State governments till June 30, 2024 effectively pushed the decennial Census exercise at least till October 1 as it usually takes three months to prepare the enumerators for the task.
- The implementation of the women’s reservation Act passed in the Special Session of Parliament last year, reserving 33% of seats in Parliament and the Assemblies for women, is dependent on the conduct of the Census.
Prelims Takeaway
- Census