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Odisha Ready for Census 2027:Chief Secretary Anu Garg chaired a high-level meeting with all District Collectors

in State News March 17, 2026 Comments Off on Odisha Ready for Census 2027:Chief Secretary Anu Garg chaired a high-level meeting with all District Collectors 429 Views

Bhubaneswar:17/3/26:In a significant step towards the upcoming Indian Census 2027, Chief Secretary Anu Garg chaired a high-level meeting with all District Collectors and Municipal Commissioners at Lok Seva Bhawan today.

The meeting, organised under the Planning and Convergence Department, focused on ensuring seamless preparation and execution of the massive national exercise.

Emphasising the importance of this national task, the Chief Secretary urged all officials to actively participate and complete their assigned responsibilities in a time-bound manner.

State Census Director Nikhil Pawan Kalyan presented a detailed overview of the first phase of the Census, which includes House Listing and Housing Census. In Odisha, this phase is scheduled to begin on April 16 and continue till May 15, 2026. A self-enumeration window will be available from April 1 to midnight on April 15.

Kalyan also updated the participants on the current status of preparatory work across districts.

State Development Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary Deoranjan Kumar Singh highlighted the immense value and utility of accurate census data for planning and development. Additionally, Dr. Arabinda Kumar Padhee, Additional Chief Secretary of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department (nodal department for the Census), provided valuable guidance to the District Collectors for successful implementation.

The meeting was attended virtually by all District Collectors and Commissioners of Municipal Corporations across the state.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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