The Union government on August 28 said only the Centre is entitled to conduct census, in its reply to the Supreme Court on the Bihar government’s caste-based survey.
“Census is a statutory process and is governed by the Census Act, 1948. The subject of census is covered in the Union List under Entry 69 in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution,” the Office of the Registrar General, Home Ministry, said in a two-page affidavit.
