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Parent: THE CENSUS ACT, 1948 (600626d822523fa500ce0c51a693263f26e470e0)

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MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (Office of the Registrar General, India) NOTIFICATION CENSUS RULES, 1990' (As amended on 19.7.94, 2009 and 2018) SO. 967(E). In exercise Of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 18 Of the Census Act; 1948 (37 of 1948), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely: 1. (1) Short title and commencement: These rules may be called the Census Rules, 1990_ (2) They shall come into force from the date? of their publication in the Official Gazette_ 2_ Definitions: In these rules unless the context otherwise requires: - (a_ Act" means the Census Act, 1948 (37 of 1948); (b) "Census Commissioner" means the Census Commissioner appointed under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Act; "Census Schedule" means the schedule containing questions referred to in sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Act; "Charge Officer" Additional Charge Officer" and "Sub Charge Officer" mean the census officers appointed as such under sub- section (2) of section 4 of the Act and includes Tehsildar, Mamlatdar; Block Development Officer, Chief Administrative Officer of a town, executive officer and other officers; (e) "Director of Census Operations" means the Director of Census Operations appointed under sub- section (1) of section 4 of the Act to supervise the taking of census within a State or Union Territory; "District Census Officer"_ "Sub- divisional Census Officer" and "Additional District Census Officer" mean the census officers appointed under sub-section (4) of section 4 of the Act; (g) "Enumerator" means an officer appointed under sub-section (4) of section 4 of the Act; 1: Vide G.S,R 967(E) dated 31* December; 1990, published in the gazette 0f India, Extra,, Ft. IL; Sec 3(ii), dated 31s December , 1990, 2:- Came into force on 31-12-1990 "Join

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1 · (1) Short title and commencement: These rules may be called the Census Rules, 1990_
3 · Appointment of Census Officers: The State Governments and the Union territory Administrations in order to aid the taking of the census within their States or Union territories, may appoint officers from against the category mentioned in column 2 as census officers within their jurisdictions with such designation mentioned in column 1 of the Table below.
6 · Census schedules and questionnaires- The census schedules or questionnaires shall be notified by the [Central Government] through Official Gazette under sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Act: 2 [Provided that the schedules or questionaires canvasses in relation to conduct of pre-test; pilot studies, post enumeration check and evaluation studies or statistical surveys may not be notified in the Official Gazette.]
7 · . Census data The Census Commissioner shall decide the items on which data may be released.
8 · Notifications; Orders and Instructions to be issued by State Govemment The State Governments and the Union territory Administrations shall,
11 · [Disposal of census schedules and other connected papers The schedules and other connected papers shall be disposed of totally or in part by the Director of Census Operations, after creating electronic record of such documents, in accordance with the general or special directions as may be given by the Census Commissioner in this behalf;