Jammu, May 22 : Chief Principal Census Officer and Director Census Operations & Citizen Registration for Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Amit Sharma, IAS, on Thursday emphasised the importance of youth participation in Census 2027 during a meeting with a delegation of Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat), which discussed collaboration for awareness generation and experiential learning initiatives linked to the upcoming national census exercise.
The MY Bharat delegation, comprising State Director Nitin Hangloo, State Resource Person Sushil Singh Charak, District Youth Officer Jammu Vivek Kumar and Programme Advisor Anmol Bajaj, submitted a memorandum seeking collaboration with the Directorate of Census Operations for onboarding youth volunteers from Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh under the Experiential Learning Programme (ELP).
During the interaction, Amit Sharma described Census 2027 as India’s first fully digital and paperless census exercise featuring self-enumeration, mobile-based digital data collection and real-time monitoring systems.
He informed the delegation about the ongoing Self-Enumeration exercise being conducted through the official portal “se.census.gov.in” from May 17 to May 31, 2026, and urged MY Bharat volunteers and youth networks to encourage citizens to complete the process within the stipulated timeline.
Sharma also underlined the role educational institutions and youth organisations could play in spreading awareness regarding Census 2027 and ensuring wider public participation for accurate demographic data collection essential for governance and developmental planning.
The delegation expressed willingness to support awareness campaigns and youth mobilisation activities related to Census 2027 and indicated that possibilities of signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Directorate would be explored in the near future.
