By TCN News,
New Delhi: All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM), the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organizations, has appealed to the Muslims and other deprived groups to form local committees in all villages and mohallas to assist common people during the process of Census 2011 phase II on population enumeration to ensure correct registration.
“We appeal to the educated youth among Muslims and all other deprived groups to form small Census committees in every mohalla and village which should accompany the enumerators from household to household & from family to family, to ensure that enumeration is universal and nobody is left out and that the replies by the households are recorded correctly” said Syed Shahabuddin, President of AIMMM.
The phase II of the Census will be conducted between February 9 and 28, 2011. It shall enumerate population to produce the socio-economic demographic profile of the country. For this enumeration the Census Commissioner has framed a schedule of Questions to be asked of all households. The results of this enumeration will have a direct bearing on the policies, development programs & financial allocations at every level for the next decade.
“The schedule has many questions including a question on religion and another on language and also on age, education, marital status and physical disability. The AIMMM considers it imperative that all households participate fully in the enumeration. All Muslims should indicate Islam as their religion and their mother tongue as their language. Those, whose mother tongue is Urdu, especially in northern states should indicate Urdu, not any local dialect they may speak at home” he said.