Chhattisgarh chief secretary R P Mandal said to ensure transparency and correct data collection for 16th Census-2021 will be done through mobile application.
Mandal was addressing the inter-departmental committee for effective implementation and data collection on Tuesday at secretariat (Mahanadi Bhawan), Nava Raipur.
He said data will be collected both online and offline. Information regarding the Census will be provided to all divisional commissioners and collectors through video-conferencing in January next year along with training of district collectors. Registrar General, Government of India will tour Bastar area.
Director, Census Rajat Kumar said enumerators will be using their own mobile phone for census work. Those doing census work with mobile will be given Rs 25000 while those who will do it through paper will be given Rs 17,000 as honorarium. The areas where network connectivity does not exist, data collection will be offline.
He further said, in the first phase from April 25, to June 2020, the houses will be counted and listed. The complete work will be monitored through web-portal. Revenue and panchayat department officers will be appointed as nodal officers.
Registrar General Vivek Joshi through video-conferencing gave details of census related works and its implementation.