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Census 2027: Population count in four poll-found states advanced to December
The Union government on Saturday advanced the population enumeration phase of the Census in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa – states where Assembly elections are due to be held between February 2027 and March 2027 – to begin on December 1.
In a notification on Saturday, the Registrar General of India stated that the exercise will conclude on January 4, 2027, with January 5, 2027, as the reference date.
The Union government had said in June that the reference date for the Census in the country, except in hilly and snow-bound areas in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, would be March 1, 2027.
The reference date of a census means the specific point in time for which population data is collected.
After the Centre’s announcement on Saturday, the Congress said the decision to advance the exercise in the four states demonstrated “shoddy planning since it was known that these elections were due”.
“Why the sudden dawn of wisdom?” asked party leader Jairam Ramesh. “Undoubtedly there are some nefarious political calculations afoot.”
The population enumeration that was to take place in Feb 2027 as part of the Census 2027 exercise(that was due in 2021) has been advanced in UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa where elections are due early next year. This shows shoddy…
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