The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), on October 15, 2026, notified the Census (Amendment) Rules, 2026, further to amend the Census Rules, 1990.
The following has been stated: -
•In Rule 3, in the Table, against serial number 5, for the entries under column 2, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:
(i)Teachers of any educational institution of the Government, local authority, aided or unaided private bodies, societies or trusts.
(ii)Clerks or any official of the Central Government, State Government, local authority or establishment (including public sector undertakings, statutory bodies, banks, companies, institutions, societies and trusts).
(iii)Any person, as the State Government or the Union Territory Administration may consider suitable, to perform the duties as an Enumerator.
They shall come into force from October 16, 2026.
The detailed notification is given in the document below.
[Notification No.: G.S.R. 896(E)]
