House panel urges Centre to complete census 'at earliest'

The parliamentary committee on home affairs asked the Centre to complete the Census "at the earliest" even as the Union home ministry informed it that preparatory activities for the decadal exercise have been completed.

- Neeraj Chauhan

NEW DELHI:

The recommendation was made by a department-related parliamentary standing committee on home affairs or MHA, headed by BJP leader Radha Mohan Das Agrawal, in its latest report tabled in the Parliament on Monday. "The committee recommends that the Census may be completed at the earliest," the report stated. While clarifying the reasons for reduced allocation from ₹1,309 crore in 2024-25 to ₹574 crore in 2025-26 for the Census, the home ministry informed the committee that "many of the Census-related preparatory activities have been completed and technological updation is in progress."