Assam youth body seeks Census self-enumeration deadline extension after floods

The Story in Brief

The Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuva-Chatra Parishad has urged the Centre to extend Assam’s online self-enumeration deadline for Census 2027, saying floods and landslides have left thousands of families unable to complete the process. In a memorandum, it cited disrupted electricity, internet and communications, along with lost documents and families living in relief camps or damaged homes.

The organisation also sought faster housing assistance for eligible flood-hit families covered by the 2018 PMAY-G survey, especially in Sivasagar and Charaideo. It asked for special approval under the BVRAM(G) Individual Beneficiary Scheme to build livestock shelters for affected dairy, pig and goat farmers. The demands were made by AJYCP president Palash Changmai and general secretary Bijon Bayan.

The Indian Opinion

The lazy narrative would treat missed online enumeration as administrative indifference, while another could dismiss the demand as routine political pressure. Both miss the practical problem: damaged homes, lost papers and broken connectivity can block self-registration. The Centre should publish a revised Assam deadline and a district-wise help plan, while Assam reports how many eligible families still need assistance. The useful test is simple: how many flood-affected households complete enumeration after the extension?

Source: assamtribune.com

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