Centre amends Census Rules to allow private school teachers as enumerators
- The Centre has amended the Census Rules, 1990, to let states appoint teachers from private schools as census enumerators.
- The notification was issued on Friday and widens the categories of people who may be deployed for the exercise.
- It comes amid a case in the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the use of private unaided school teachers.
- The court stayed two Haryana government communications on 8 October and listed the matter for April 2027.
Source: indiatoday.in
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