Census: Govt plans special drive in Naxal-hit areas

Aug 01, 2010 |

New Delhi

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Only about half the population in the worst Maoist-hit areas have enrolled their names and gave personal information in the just concluded census operations, forcing the government to think of launching a special drive in such regions.

In many Naxal-affected areas, the enumerators could not visit the households due to fear of the extremists while in some cases people did not cooperate following Maoist diktat.

“It is just around 50 per cent people who took part in the census. We understand the difficulties faced by people in the Maoist areas. Since enrolling people in the census operation is beneficial to them only, we are considering to launch a special drive in such areas,” a home ministry official said.

Apart from Naxal threat, there have been misconceived apprehensions in the minds of some habitants in such areas that prevented them from actively taking part in the exercise, he said.

“In some cases, enumerators are even not permitted to enter the houses on some pretext or the other,” the official said, adding that the special drive will cover such areas too.

After the house listing and housing census along with collection of data on National Population Register (NPR), unique ID numbers will be provided for each citizen in the country.

The NPR will be a comprehensive identity database that would help in better targeting of benefits and services under the government programmes, improve planning and help strengthen security of the country.

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