National Census-2011

     On 1st April, 2010, President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patel had officially started National Census-2011, which is 15th National Census of the country, on that day President, Vice President and Prime Minister had filled the National Census forms. National Census will conducted in two phases’ across India, which will start from 1st April, 2010 and completed on 1st June, 2010.Every part of the country will be covered, which is spread into 35 States & Union Territories and total population is 1.2 billion. Government invited maoists and declared if they will join the exercise of census then they won’t be arrested. As per Government declarations total 2.5 million officials are appointed for this huge and massive exercise of National Census. This is first time that along with National Census Government is going to prepare National Population Register (N.P.R.) an identity database of all usual residents in the country, contains specific items of information of each individual of the country, so it is meant to create a comprehensive identity database in the country, which would help in better targeting of the benefits and services under the government schemes and programmes. N.P.R. will include the items of information such as the name of the person, father's name, mother's name, spouse's name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, current marital status, education, nationality as declared, occupation, present address of usual resident and permanent residential address. The database will also contain photograph and ten-finger biometry of persons above the age of 15 years, data collected for the National Population Register will help in the issue of the 16-digit Unique Identity Numbers to all Indian residents and will be used in an even bigger and more ambitious project to give each citizen a unique identity number similar to a US social security number. The number will serve as a one-stop proof for all Indians to establish their identity, eliminating the current need to produce multiple personal documents.During first phase data will be collected for N.P.R. and list will be prepared through door to door campaign, the physical count of residents will be made between February 9-28 next year and the completed census will be released by mid-2011. Total funds allocations for both these activities are 595.6 million rupees and break up for these projects are 220.9 million rupees for National Census and 375.6 million rupees for N.P.R. The details of National Census and N.P.R dates across Indian States and Union Territories, in Alphabetic orders, are-

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands - from 1st April to 15th May 10
• Andhra Pradesh - from 26th April to 10th June 10
• Arunachal Pradesh - from 15th April to 31st May 10
• Assam - from 1st April to 15th May 10
• Bihar - from 1st April to 15th May 10
• Chandigarh - from 15th April to 31st May, 10
• Chhatisgarh -from 1st May to 15th June 10
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli - from 21st April to 4th June, 10
• Daman and Diu - from 21st April to 4th June, 10
• Delhi - from 1st May to 15th June 10
• Goa - from 1st April to 15th May 10
• Gujarat -from 21st April to 4th June 10
• Haryana -from 1st May to 15th June 10
• Himachal Pradesh - from 7th April to 22nd May 10
• Jammu and Kashmir- from 15th May to 30th June 10
• Jharkhand -from 1st April to 15th May 10
• Karnataka -from 15th Apr to 1st Jun 10
• Kerala -from 7th April to 22nd May 10
• Lakshadweep - from 7th April to 22nd May 10
• Madhya Pradesh- from 7th May to 22nd June 10
• Maharashtra- from 1st May to 15th June 10
• Manipur - from 15th May to 30th June 10
• Meghalaya -from 1st April to 15th May 10
• Mizoram - from 15th May to 30th June 10
• Nagaland -from 1st June to 15th July 10
• Orissa - from 7th April to 22nd May 10
• Pondicherry - from 1st June to 15th July 10
• Punjab - from 1st May to 15th June 10
• Rajasthan- from 15th May to 30th June 10
• Sikkim - from 7th April to 22nd May 10
• Tamil Nadu -from 1st June to 15th July 10
• Tripura - from 26th April to 10th June 10
• Uttar Pradesh- from 16th May to 30th Jun 10
• Uttaranchal - from 1st May to 15th June 10
• West Bengal -from 1st April to 15th May 10

It is the responsibility of every citizen of the country to declare true information to the National Census and N.P.R. officials, so that correct data goes in the government records and motive of government fulfill after spending huge amount in the National Census exercise.