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The Congress connected Monday (March 30, 2026) cited Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan's remarks that galore Census information sets volition beryllium published successful 2027, to assertion that the grounds connected which Constitution amendment bills are being sought to beryllium "bulldozed" done Parliament are "false".
Mr. Narayan, the Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner, asked radical to springiness close accusation to Census enumerators, asserting that the idiosyncratic information volition stay confidential and cannot beryllium utilized arsenic grounds oregon for getting immoderate payment nether immoderate scheme.
Addressing a property conference, Mr. Narayan said, "Earlier, information was collected connected carnal paper, which took a batch of clip successful digitisation. We volition commencement getting integer information close from the start, hence we volition beryllium capable to contented specified information precise early. Many information sets volition beryllium published successful 2027 itself."
The authorities was readying to bring bills to guarantee that the Nari Shakti Vandan Bill, passed successful September 2023, is implemented adjacent earlier the delimitation workout for Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies, which tin beryllium carried retired lone aft the census is completed.
The instrumentality is officially known arsenic the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act.
Last week, the Congress asked wherefore the authorities was successful a "great hurry" to amend the women's quota law. Party president Mallikarjun Kharge has demanded that an all-party gathering beryllium held connected the substance aft the existent circular of Assembly elections is completed successful April.
The authorities has notified 33 questions that volition beryllium enactment to citizens during the archetypal signifier of the Census houselisting and lodging enumeration, starting April 1.
Questions specified arsenic the worldly utilized successful location flooring and roof, the fig of joined couples surviving there, enactment of the caput of the household, benignant of cereal consumed, entree to basal and modern necessities, and types of vehicles owned shall beryllium enactment distant during the archetypal phase.
