Bengaluru corporations warn employees not reporting for Census work, enumerators flag workload issue
Indian Express·2h ago·Neutral
What Happened
Bengaluru's five city corporations issued warnings and show-cause notices to 527 employees for not reporting to National Census enumeration work. Criminal cases under Census Act provisions are threatened. Self-enumeration yielded less than two percent household registration. Door-to-door surveys continue with 23,000 enumerators and 2,500 supervisors deployed across the city until May 15.
Key Entities
Bengaluru North City Corporation (BNCC)National Census 2027Section 11 Census ActSection 223 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita23,000 enumerators2,500 supervisors