West Bengal continues to play spoiler in the Census and NPR exercises to be rolled out in April. The Registrar General of India will be holding a conference of state chief secretaries and directors of Census operations to discuss the modalities for the Census and National Population Register on Friday.
All chief secretaries and census officials will meet at Ambedkar Bhawan where RGI Vivek Joshi, Home Secretary A.K. Bhalla and minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai will be present. All states, except West Bengal, have confirmed participation, said sources.
Officials said that the meeting is aimed at sensitizing senior officials in states and seeking their cooperation for the smooth conduct of the Census exercise and NPR.
The meeting will also help the central government seek suggestions from state representatives on the NPR. The appointment, training of census officials in-charge, district officers and sub-divisional level officers will also be discussed in detail.
On Thursday, MHA officials said that the Census and NPR will be rolled out in all states where enumerators will neither ask residents to share or show any papers nor collect biometrics.
