60k plus citizens complete census self-enumeration: Gujarat govt

Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt said on Tuesday that more than 60,000 citizens in the state have completed the process of self-enumeration in the Union govt’s campaign launched as part of the census operations. A number of ministers and officials of the state govt have completed the process of self-enumeration, the statement said.

On Tuesday, chief secretary M K Das participated in the self-enumeration campaign, filling in details about his family on the online portal, an official statement said. Quoting the CS, the statement said that the system is very simple and transparent and more than 60,000 citizens have already availed of this service. He urged all govt officers and employees to join the campaign.

The CS said that he was confident that the new digital facility will make the census process faster and more accurate in the coming years. Over the past few days, several ministers of the state govt have also completed self-enumeration online.