MA Baby said the amendments notified by the MHA on October 16 raise questions about the impartiality of enumerators, criteria for their selection, and safeguards against partisan interference.
The Centre on Friday amended the Census Rules, 1990, allowing states and Union territories to appoint teachers of "aided or unaided private bodies" or "any other person" as enumerators during the Cens ...
Sumita Misra emphasised that the Census Act, 1948, protects the confidentiality of personal information and called for inter-departmental coordination to ensure smooth operations.