NEW DELHI, AUG 14 (PTI): The Centre on Friday notified 40 questions, including for the first time queries on caste, to be asked of respondents during the population enumeration phase of the Census, set to begin from September 1 in snow-bound areas, a government order said.
The order from Registrar General of India notifies questions such as whether the person belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe and their caste.
The population enumeration in Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of J&K, Himachal and Uttarakhand, will take place from September 1 to 30, according to a gazette notification issued earlier this month. In the rest of the country, the population enumeration (PE) will begin next year. (Full report on p-7)
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