Senior official from Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI) defended Census process Friday,stressing field supervision is standard. Swadha Dev Singh,RG&CCI Director,said House Listing Operation ongoing in Rajasthan,with enumerators gathering data
In email response to concerns about discrepancies in Census 2027 data,Singh explained supervisors conduct field checks to ensure enumerators grasp concepts,record info correctly. Any issues found are flagged for correction. Routine in statistical work.
“There have been some attempts to misrepresent this normal exercise as data tampering,which is regrettable and factually inaccurate,”Singh said,countering claims Census process is flawed.
Enumerators in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan told to revisit homes,fix data on open defecation,access to cooking gas or electricity. This digital Census first for India,with enumerators—mostly government school teachers—entering data. Their work monitored in real-time by supervisors.
Data integrity concerns arose after CG Box,a digital media platform in Raipur,reported teachers in Chhattisgarh pressured to alter entries on open defecation and LPG connections after surveys. Devesh Tiwari,who oversees CG Box,said multiple teachers approached him,frustrated over editing demands despite supervisors' capability to handle changes.
As Census moves forward,RG&CCI stresses accurate data collection,asserting necessary adjustments are standard procedure,not misconduct. But questions linger...
