The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI) has written to States that if a Census official refuses to perform their duty, damages or destroys any Census document, they shall face up to three years of imprisonment.
In a letter to Chief Secretaries on March 17, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan said that for smooth conduct of Census operations, it is necessary that Census officers engaged in the conduct of houselisting, housing census, and population enumeration are informed of their specific duties under the Census Act. “Along with the duties, penalties have also been prescribed under Section 11 of the Census Act, 1948,” the letter said.
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It added that Census enumeration is carried out under the provisions of the Census Act, 1948 and Census Rules, 1990.
For the purpose, Principal Census Officers, District or Additional District or Sub-Divisional Census Officers, Charge Officers, Supervisors and Enumerators are drawn from the State government. Around 30 lakh enumerators, mostly government school teachers, are roped in to carry out door-to-door enumeration.
