Digithon to take part in 7th Economic Census in Telangana

Hyderabad: Telangana Information Technology Association's digital literacy promotion entity Digithon has been chosen to take part in the Central Statistical Office's socio-economic census survey. Digithon will be involved in the data collection for this census in Telangana region. Digithon CEO Sundeep Kumar Makthala has invited youth and students to take part in the initiative by sending in their applications.

TITA Digithon has tied up with the Common Service Centre (CSC) and had been working in this direction from past many years. The Central Statistical Office has appointed Common Service Centre as the nationwide partner for the socio-economic census survey. While the past census data collection was made through pen and paper, the current seventh economic census survey will be carried out by collecting data through Mobile App by enumerators. Since digital data collection is involved, TITA Digithon will involve its Digital Volunteers into the activity.

The enumerators will be paid Rs 10 for door to door residential survey, Rs 16 for commercial cum residential activity and Rs 20 for economic or financial activity. As per estimates, Telangana has about 1.5 crore residential properties. Enumerators will be selected through an exam and only those passing it will be eligible to take part in the data collection. The selected enumerators will receive authorization certifications from the Central Statistical Office. These enumerators will also get chance to take part in the future census surveys conducted by the Central Statistical Office. The interested applicants will be required to login to bit.ly/censussurvey

Speaking on the occasion, Sundeep Kumar Makthala, Digithon CEO, said, this year's survey which will be carried through phones, will begin from May 15 onwards. The MoU with Common Service Centre in the past has enabled Digithon to take part in the prestigious economic census survey this year. The opportunity will allow youth and students in the urban and regional areas to enroll themselves as enumerators.

CSC Vice President Raja Kishore said CSC and Digithon have together worked on Digital Village and 100K Digithon in the past and has won awards. Digithon which brings with it volunteers who can involve in digital activities with ease is the right partner in the census activity. Common Service Centres in partnership with Digithon will be able to get the desired results from the census.