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New Rules Let More People Join the Census Counting Team

The Home Ministry updated the census rules so teachers, government clerks, bank staff and many other workers can be appointed as census workers.

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Key Points

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Teachers from government, aided, unaided private schools and trusts are now eligible.

Clerks and officials from central or state government, banks, companies, societies and trusts can also be appointed.

State and Union Territory administrations can add any person they consider suitable for the job.

A broader pool of census workers is expected to produce better data for government planning.

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Census workers travel to households to record information about the number of people, their ages and occupations.

State and Union Territory administrations may also choose any other suitable person to help with the count.

The aim is to have a larger and more diverse team to improve the accuracy of the national population count.

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7 words

enumerators

people who go door‑to‑door to count everyone, known as census workers

eligibility

the criteria that decide who can be chosen for a job

administration

the group of people who manage or run an organization or program

demographic

information about people such as age, gender, and occupation

Union Territories

regions directly governed by the national government rather than a state

public sector undertakings

companies owned and operated by the government

statutory bodies

official organizations created by law to perform specific duties

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