Manipur census deferred, Registrar General notifies
Census operations in Manipur are currently on hold after a decision made by the Central Government. The deferment follows protests for updating the National Register of Citizens before conducting the census. Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a meeting to review the situation in Manipur, which led to this decision. The Manipur High Court has also temporarily paused all census-related activities until further notice.
Guwahati : Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner has notified that census for the state of Manipur is deferred. Mrityunjay kumar Narayan, Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner in a notification stated," In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Census Act, 1948(37 of 1948) read with rules 6A and 6D of the Census Rules, 1990, the Central Goverment hereby declares that in all States and Union territories of India except the State of Manipur (till further declaration), the States of Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, the Union territory of Ladakh and the snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the State of Himachal Pradesh and the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir-(i)the conduct of census of the population shall be undertaken from the 25 January, 2027 to the 28* February, 2027(ii)with a revisional round from the I" March, 2027 to the 5* March, 2027; for the conduct of the said census, there shall be an option for self-enumeration from the 10" January, 2027 to the (iii) 24m January, 2027, just before the start of the house to house population enumeration;the reference date for the said census shall be 00:00 hours of the 1" day of March, 2027." Former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh stated X, "The voices of Manipur’s indigenous people have been heard.
While Census operations will proceed in other states, the Gazette notification defers the exercise in Manipur. This is a welcome development amid the long-standing demand for NRC before Census. My heartfelt gratitude to Hon’ble PM narendramodi Ji and Union HM AmitShah Ji for their concern towards the indigenous people of Manipur ." On August 31 this year The Centre deferred the census operations in Manipur amid protests by civil society organisations for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) before conducting the exercise.
The decision came after Union home minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level review meeting in New Delhi to assess the current situation in Manipur. The meeting was attended by Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, chief minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, Union home secretary Govind Mohan, along with other senior officials.
The Manipur High Court put on hold the census-related exercise, including the house-listing, until further notification from the Registrar General of India.
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