File photograph of Nepal’s flag. (Reuters)
The Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal is spending Rs 4 billion to conduct the census this time.
- PTI Kathmandu
- Last Updated:April 01, 2021, 18:47 IST
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Nepal’s statistical company is getting ready to conduct the nationwide inhabitants census from May 9 regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, an official has mentioned. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), a government-owned physique underneath the National Planning Commission, has already concluded coaching for the facilitators, supervisors and surveyors for the aim and is mobilising round 55,000 volunteers and surveyors for the census that takes place each 10 years. The company is spending Rs 4 billion to conduct the census this time. The ongoing corona pandemic will not be going to have an effect on the nationwide census, mentioned a senior officer on the CBS.
“Even if there is a lockdown, the census wouldn’t be affected much since only one surveyor would reach a family and the interview can be conducted outside the home in an open space by maintaining social distancing,” Hem Raj Regmi, Deputy Director-General of the CBS informed The Rising Nepal, the government-owned English each day.
“We are providing health safety equipment like sanitiser, face shields and masks to the surveyors who are mobilised in the field. Unless there is a complete shutdown, the census won’t be affected much,” he identified. Nepal on Thursday reported 152 new circumstances of coronavirus an infection, bringing the nationwide an infection tally to 277,461. The nation’s dying toll stands at 3,031.
As per the 2011 census, Nepal’s inhabitants was greater than 26 million. A decade after the final census, Nepal’s inhabitants has been estimated to be over 30 million.
