EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 819 CUTTACK, THURSDAY, APRIL 2 5, 2019/BAISAKHA 5, 1941
REVENUE & DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 17th April, 2019
No.12012–RDM-CENSUS-0001/2019/R&D.M.—The following Notification of Ministry of Home Affairs bearing S.O. No. 1455(E) issued under the signature of Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India is hereby republished for general information.
By Order of the Governor
NIKUNJA B. DHAL
Principal Secretary to Government
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, INDIA)
NOTIFICATION
NEW DELHI, the 26th March, 2019
S.O. 1455 (E). ─ In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Census Act, 1948 (37 of 1948), the Central Government hereby declares that a census of the population of India shall be taken during the year 2021. The reference date for the census shall, except for the State of Jammu and Kashmir and snow bound non- synchronous areas of States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, be 00.00 hours of the first day of March, 2021:
Provided that for the State of Jammu and Kashmir and snow bound non- synchronous areas of States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference date shall be 00.00 hours of the first day of October, 2020.
[F.No. 9/7/2019- CD (CEN)]
VIVEK JOSHI
Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India
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