Such consultation would allow incorporation of diverse perspectives, account for State-specific nuances, and foster cooperative federalism in this critical exercise, he pointed out.
Expressing concern over the delay in conducting the census, Kharge, during the Zero Hour in the Upper House, said, “Our country has been conducting a census every 10 years since 1881. No matter what – wars, emergencies, or crises – the process has always continued.”
The Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha’s dense forest cover and innumerable water inlets spread across 353 square kilometer area is home to 659 Indian Bison, a schedule-1 animal protected under Wildlife Protection Act, according to the maiden census of these animals.
The Congress on Monday posed questions to the BJP-led government at the Centre over the long-awaited Census, demanding that the ruling dispensation call an all-party meeting to clarify the issues related to it.
According to the latest summer census conducted on June 20-21, 2024, this year's count revealed the presence of a total of 19,918 Sarus cranes, marking an increase of 396 from the previous year, state forest department officials said on Wednesday.
Apart from supposedly boosting his image as the leader of the backward community, the findings of the census could also propel him to the chief minister’s post in the event the Congress comes to power in 2023, by pipping his arch rival, state Congress president, D K Shivakumar, a Vokkaliga, to the post.
Siddaramaiah, who met former ministers H.C. Mahadevappa on Friday demanded that the caste census of the state must be made public.
Patnaik, in a letter to PM Modi raised concern about the heath risk involved in the exercise to both the functionaries as well as the people who will be approached for the census updation as well as the National Population Register, across the country.
Present in good numbers under the banner of National Adivasi-Indigenous Religion Coordination Committee, they said tribals have a separate identity, not associated with any religion, and therefore require a separate column in the census.
Meanwhile, all other states have agreed to participate in the conference of state chief secretaries and directors to discuss the modalities of the Census and NPR beginning April 1, and they are on board.
