NEW DELHI: The option of self-enumeration in the upcoming census — allowing residents to respond to questionnaires online before census workers come calling possibly in the second half of this year — will be offered both at the ‘houselisting’ and ‘population enumeration’ stage.
The government had earlier announced that respondents could self-enumerate only in the population enumeration phase.
Self-enumeration for the houselisting phase will allow residents to enter details like housing conditions, housing amenities and assets possessed online through the census app or the Central Monitoring and Management System (CMSS) portal. A reference code will be generated and shared later with the enumerator during her field visit. Similarly, for the second phase of population enumeration, people can use the app/CMSS portal to self-enumerate data on religion, literacy, language, SC/ ST, economic activity, migration and fertility.
There shall be a selfenumeration option for National Population Register (NPR) update as well, allowing residents to furnish online demographic details such as name, parents’ name, date and place of birth, nationality, voter ID, Aadhaar number (voluntary) and mobile number.
Sources in the government told TOI that a pre-test for the mobile application and CMSS portal had been completed. The pre-test covered one location in every state and Union Territory.