Overview
- Haryana authorities, which filed two cases in Gurugram on Monday, booked 10 government staff for skipping census duty under Section 11 of the Census Act, with further FIRs and suspensions reported in Faridabad, Sonipat, Kurukshetra and Bhiwani.
- Some assigned teachers in Gurugram said the house‑listing phone app would not work and that supervisors offered little field help, while city officials said they ran tech‑help camps and that only a small share of users faced software problems.
- Early participation in the online self‑enumeration drive is building, with Maharashtra confirming 11.14 lakh households completed entries between May 1 and 15 and Gujarat’s chief secretary citing more than 60,000 users so far.
- Senior leaders in Gujarat, including the chief minister, deputy chief minister, governor and chief secretary, publicly filled in their family details to promote the self‑enumeration portal, which issues an 11‑digit ID that residents show to enumerators during verification.
- Field work is rolling out in phases, with Goa finishing house‑listing on May 15, NDMC and Delhi Cantonment logging over 63,000 households in their first phase, and Gujarat set for door‑to‑door house‑listing from June 1 to 30 as teams also tackle mapping gaps in slum lanes that require hand‑drawn maps.