Census details key to planning: Dy CM

Census details key to planning: Dy CM
Rajay Deep
Tribune News Service

Sukhbir Badal fills up the census form in Badal village on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

Bathinda, February 24
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today filled up the Household Schedule, a questionnaire, pertaining to the second phase of the Census-2011, also called the population enumeration phase, at his residence in Badal village in Muktsar district. From the gathering of bureaucrats and political leaders from the district there, the occasion appeared to be one of celebration.
According to details collected from the Census staff, Sukhbir Badal is 48 years old and his MP wife Harsimrat Kaur Badal is 44. They were married on November 21, 1992 and have three kids including a son, who is the youngest of the three.
The education qualification of Sukhbir is MA (Economics) and Harsimrat is a graduate with a degree in fashion designing. The questionnaire (Household Schedule) in respect of chief minister Parkash Singh Badal could not be filled up by the Census enumerators as he is abroad.
It may be mentioned that Sukhbir has mentioned his new house as his residence while his father CM Parkash Singh Badal, during the phase-I of the Census, had showed the family's old house as his residence.
Highlighting the importance of the Census for future planning in the state, Sukhbir appealed to the people to provide correct details to the enumerators and to extend full cooperation in the smooth conduct of census in Punjab.
While emphasizing the importance of Census-2011 to create a comprehensive identity database for the development of the country, Sukhbir directed the staff to perform their duty with care and responsibility.
Commissioner (Ferozpur Division) Raminder Singh, Muktsar DC Varun Roojam, Muktsar SSP Inder Mohan Singh, Malout SDM Dalwinderjit Singh were present along with other functionaries of the district. The representative of the Directorate of Census Operations, Punjab, was also present for assistance.