Digital Census: Ludhiana first in state in self-enumeration

Excelling under the Digital Census-2027, Ludhiana bagged first position in the state in self-enumeration with 17,640 entries (within city limits) submitted by residents. Municipal corporation (MC) Commissioner-cum-principal Census officer Neeru Katyal Gupta, Joint Commissioner-cum-city Census officer Vineet Kumar and Deputy Director (Census) Punjab Ruchi Gupta congratulated the residents over the achievement.

Neeru and Ruchi held a review meeting with the Census charge officers at the MC Zone D office in Sarabha Nagar on Monday. Necessary directions were issued to expedite and streamline the ongoing field survey under the first phase of Digital Census-2027 (Houselisting and Housing Census).

Zonal Commissioner Neeraj Jain, Zonal Commissioners Gurpal Singh and Jasdev Sekhon, SE Sham Lal Gupta, Superintendent Vivek Verma, statistical investigator (census) Alok Kumar among others were present in the meeting.

The field survey (door-to-door survey) started on May 15 and it would continue till June 13. The residents have been urged to cooperate with the enumerators and provide accurate information to them as this data will help the government frame policies and welfare schemes for the residents.

The enumerators would be asking 33 questions listed by the state government during the field survey. If the residents have submitted their housing details through self-enumeration, they only need to share the SE-ID with the enumerator when they visit their property during the field survey. No documents or OTP will be demanded by the enumerators.

The MC Commissioner stated that the civic body would also send a recommendation to the senior authorities to extend the dates for self-enumeration for a few days, so that more residents could submit their housing details online by sitting at their respective homes.

Meanwhile, Neeru and Ruchi again appealed to the residents to cooperate with the enumerators, submit accurate details and engage in nation building.