 Early Times Report
LEH/JAMMU, Dec 30: Amit Sharma, IAS, Director Census Operations (DCO) & Director Citizen Registration (DCR), Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs for the UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh today moderated an important Ladakh 2nd UT Level Census Coordination Committee (UTLCCC) Meeting held today through hybrid mode, which was chaired by Pawan Kotwal, IAS, Chief Secretary of UT of Ladakh and attended by Administrative Secretaries, DC Leh, DC Kargil and several senior officers of UT Administration and Directorate of Census in which lot of important decisions were arrived at.
DCO/DCR Government of India, MHA for J&K and Ladakh Amit Sharma made a detailed presentation about the upcoming 1st Digital Census in the nation including both these Union Territories wherein administrative jurisdiction for conduct of Census 2027 activities shall be frozen by tomorrow i.e., 31st December, 2025 and accordingly, Chief Secretary UT Ladakh directed both the Deputy Commissioners to submit requisite information within prescribed timelines which shall be followed by issuance of Gazette Notification by UT Administration in this behalf.
Alongside, DCO/DCR Amit Sharma also requested for appointment of requisite staff by the UT Ladakh Administration for conduct of Census Operations followed by its Gazette Notification at the earliest on the pattern of other states and UTs, which was also decided affirmatively in the UTLCCC Meeting.
DCO/DCR J&K and Ladakh Amit Sharma also took the opportunity to share in this important meeting that there are several unique features of Census 2027 being the first digital paperless Census of Bharat, Self Enumeration option which is to be given to all Indian citizens on the App, usage of a robust application for data submission and faster data processing, Census as a Service (CaaS) being introduced for the first time, inclusion of an additional column of Caste which shall make upcoming Census more informative and meaningful for the citizens of the nation.
During this UTLCCC Meeting, the most important decision was arrived at by the chair CS Ladakh that House Listing Operation (HLO) shall be conducted in UT Ladakh during the month of June 2026 before Population Enumeration (PE) to be conducted in September 2026 in the entire UT of Ladakh, which comes in the category of snow-bound regions, as per Notification in this behalf by the Government of India.
Apart from this, DCO/DCR J&K and Ladakh Amit Sharma also shared that Ministry of Home Affairs, through the Office of Registrar General of Census Operations and Census Commissioner of India, shall be providing due remuneration to all Principal Census Officers, Charge Officers, Enumerators, Supervisors, etc and they shall be provisioned requisite support in terms of IT infrastructure, Vehicles/POL, dedicated staff such as Technical experts, MTS for conduct of Census-related activities in UT of Ladakh for the entire Census period of 18 months. |
