CCI approves conduct of seventh Inhabitants & Housing Census

The approval was granted on the forty ninth CCI assembly, held in Islamabad on Thursday with Prime Minister Imran Khan within the chair.

The Census Monitoring Committee might be chaired by Deputy Chairman Planning Fee, all Provincial Chief Secretaries, Chairman NADRA, Chief Commissioner Islamabad Capital Territory and different senior officers. The Committee will oversee and monitor census actions to make sure an expeditious, clear and credible census operations.

As per suggestions of the Census Advisory Committee, CCI determined to conduct the seventh Census adopting worldwide finest practices, utilizing digital expertise and GIS monitoring system. It was apprised that Housing Census could be performed earlier than the Inhabitants Census.

Talking on the event, the Prime Minister emphasised that Authorities desires to have a reputable census knowledge that can be utilized for initiating insurance policies and tasks for welfare of residents.

Whereas welcoming the Chief Ministers, he stated the frequency of CCI conferences might be elevated as per calls for of the provinces.

The Prime Minister congratulated CCI members on institution of CCI’s everlasting secretariat and stated that it manifests a collaborative spirit between the Federal and Provincial governments.

Imran Khan emphasised that the Federal Authorities is totally dedicated to resolve nationwide points in session with all federating models and stakeholders.

The assembly additionally accepted Annual Report of CCI for the final fiscal yr. It was knowledgeable {that a} whole of six conferences had been performed throughout FY 2020-21 throughout which 21 agenda gadgets had been thought-about with 13 selections applied and 06 selections beneath course of.

Whereas discussing the implementation standing of earlier selections, the CCI was knowledgeable that an unbiased CCI Secretariat has been established with a price range of 110.928 million rupees. An unbiased Secretariat will facilitate efficient coordination between the Federal and Provincial governments.

The CCI additionally determined that extra water necessities for Karachi could be mentioned by the committee shaped to reconcile views of the provinces on the political and technical ranges and points associated to water.