Census next year: The central government has started preparations to conduct the long pending census in the country. The census will start from next year and will be completed by 2026.After the census is completed, the government will do delimitation. Under this process, parliamentary constituencies are to be redrafted. According to sources, after this women’s reservation will also be implemented in the country. Redrafting of constituencies and women’s reservation, both these processes are linked to the census.
Opposition has this demand regarding census
Quoting sources, the prestigious media organization Indian Express has informed that a discussion is going on whether caste will be counted during this process or not.Although Congress and its allies as well as ruling NDA allies JD(U), Lok Janshakti Party and Apna Dal are demanding inclusion of caste enumeration in the census, the government has not yet made any concrete planning for it. Has been able to do it.BJP’s ideological ally RSS is also supporting the idea of caste enumeration, saying getting the correct numbers is an established practice. Another source says that There is no clarity on how to do this.Recently, the tenure of Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan was extended from December 2024 to August 2026.
Southern states are worried about delimitation
Regarding delimitation, the southern states of the country are worried about what effect it will have on political participation, because the number of seats in Parliament will be more than that of the North. Various state governments of the South have raised this concern publicly. The TDP leader and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, a key ally of the BJP in the NDA government at the Centre, has encouraged people in the state to have more children so that the impact of the aging population can be balanced.
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what is delimitation
Delimitation is a process of determining the boundaries of territorial constituencies comprising legislative bodies in a country or state. According to the Election Commission, the work of delimitation is entrusted to a high-powered body. Such a body is known as Delimitation Commission or Boundary Commission.
Let us tell you that in the year 2002, the NDA government led by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had postponed the delimitation for 25 years through the 84th amendment. At that time the Central Government had said that this would be done when the first census data would be released after 2026. Which meant that delimitation would be possible after the census of 2031. According to sources, the government is now preparing to start the delimitation process by 2027 and complete it within a year, so that the 2029 Lok Sabha elections can be held with the new parliamentary constituencies created after the delimitation and after the implementation of women’s reservation.
