The K Ramakrishna Rao, IAS, Principal Secretary, Finance, Government of Telangana inaugurated the “Training Program for Master Trainers for Census-2021” on November 25th, 2019 at Dr MCR HRD Institute, Government of Telangana. The training program is being organized by Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, in collaboration with Dr MCR HRD Institute.
About 125 Master Trainers are being trained by five National Trainers in two spells, from November 25th to 30th and from December 2nd to 7th, 2019, who will train approximately 6000 field trainers, who will, in turn, train about 2,08,000 enumerators / supervisors in different districts from across the length and breadth of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
The Ramakrishna Rao, in his keynote address, said that the Census is the largest single source of a variety of statistical information on different characteristics of the people, which would be greatly helpful in the formulation of country’s plans for socio-economic development. He added that the Census data also caters to the Constitutional requirement of delimitation of constituencies, reservation of seats for SCs and STs, planning and provision of funds for development, etc. Continuing his address, Ramakrishna Rao underlined the importance of training of Master Trainers, considering the fact that the quality of the final result of the Census depends mainly on their expertise in the collection of authentic data. He, therefore, urged the Master Trainers to train the field trainers seriously and to resolve their doubts. He stated that as a part of the Census operations, an elaborate checklist, self-explanatory manuals, detailed processes, and clear-cut procedures have been developed and called upon the Master Trainers to understand them fully, in letter and spirit, in order to make the Census 2021 a grand success.
The Ramakrishna Rao said, with a sense of pride, that the Census is not only the world’s largest enumeration exercise but also of paramount importance to the Nation. The Census data is held in high esteem both by professionals from different disciplines as well as by people in general from different walks of life.
The K Ilambarithi, IAS, Director of Census Operations, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh, in his inaugural address, said that for the first time in about 150-years history of Census in India, data is being collected through a specially-designed mobile app and enumerators would be encouraged to use their own mobile phone. He added that for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States, Census 2021 would be of great importance considering the fact that post-bifurcation, this is their first Census.
The D. Helen PremaKumari, Joint Director, Census Operations, Telangana welcomed the gathering. T L N SisuKumar, Joint Director, Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh proposed a vote of thanks.
Subsequently, Adhar Sinha, IAS, Spl. Chief Secretary, GAD (Political), chaired an interactive session with the participants and shared his experiences on census.