Jammu, Apr 17: Jammu and Kashmir Government has issued a directive, urging the public to extend full cooperation by furnishing accurate information during the headcount exercise.
The Planning, Development Monitoring Department has issued a formal notification, urging the public to extend cooperation during Census 2027.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 8(ii) of the Census Rules, read with Circular No. 15 dated 12.03.2026 issued by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, the Government of Jammu Kashmir hereby directs the public to cooperate in furnishing accurate and unambiguous information in respect of all questions that may be put to them for the smooth conduct of the Census 2027".
The House listing Operations, considered first phase of census- would be carried out from June 01 to June 30 in the UT. The notification states that Census is the primary source of information at the lowest administrative unit on housing conditions, household amenities, assets, demography, literacy, religion, economic activity, migration, and fertility.
“Census data are extensively used for planning, policy formulation, effective public administration, and delimitation/reservation of constituencies of Parliament, Assembly, Panchayats, and other local bodies,” it states.
The Department has also invoked different provisions of the Census Act, 1948 The law makes it legally binding for every person to answer census questions truthfully “to the best of his knowledge and belief.”
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