Reported by Bhadra Gogoi
Dimapur: With the self-enumeration exercise for Census 2027 beginning on Tuesday, the Director of Census Operations, Nagaland, Kenie Miachieo, on Wednesday said that furnishing false information during the census is punishable under the provisions of the Census Act, 1948.
Addressing a press conference at Kohima Press Club, Miachieo called for public cooperation for accurate Census 2027 data in Nagaland.
He expressed confidence that extensive awareness campaigns and cooperation from the public, community organisations, village authorities, and other stakeholders would contribute towards the collection of accurate and reliable data during Census 2027.
He spoke about the digital initiatives being introduced in Census 2027, stating that data would be collected through a mobile application, while an option for self-enumeration has also been made available to the public.
He further informed that a web-based portal would be used for monitoring and management of census activities, and house listing blocks would be created through a web-mapping application.
Miachieo said that in Nagaland, the self-enumeration period is scheduled from June 16 to June 30, while the house listing and housing census will be conducted from July 1 to July 30.
Providing an overview of Census 2027 and its significance, he stated that individual information collected during the census is kept confidential under Section 15 of the Census Act and that the exercise is conducted in collaboration with state governments and Union Territories.
A total of 6,134 census personnel, including enumerators and supervisors, have been deployed for the census exercise in Nagaland.