AP Governor launches Census 2011 in AP

Hyderabad, Apr 26 : Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan today launched the commencement of house-listing operations of census of India 2011 by providing details at Raj Bhavan here.A team of officials visited the Governor's bungalow and obtained the details from him. Later, the Governor called upon the people to extend their cooperation by providing all the details sought by enumerators as this was very much needed for implementing the welfare schemes effectively for the benefit of the poor people.''Census of India is perhaps the largest administrative exercise in the entire world and has an enviable tradition of achievement and competence. The first Census was taken way back in 1872, in the then British India, and the first Census in Independent India was conducted in 1951,'' he said.''The decennial Census is a landmark event in the socio-economic history of our country. The data will provide the basis for the formulation of sound socio-economic policies at all levels,'' he said.Director of Census operations in State Y V Anuradha said the exercise would be carried out in two phases-- house-listing and housing census Operations -- from today till June 10, this year and population enumeration from February 9 to 28, next year. She said the details collected would be the foundation for all developmental programmes in the state. About 1.6 lakh enumerators and 26,000 supervisors were engaged in the exercise and each enumerator would cover 120 to 150 households.State Ministers of respective districts too launched the programme in the districts.
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