Srilanka, March 27 -- The work on the 2024 Population and Housing Census is in the final stages and around 40,000 officers of the Department of Census and Statistics have been deployed for this endeavour after proper training.
This was revealed during the first meeting of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development was held recently under the patronage of the Labour Minister and Economic Development Deputy Minister, Dr. Anil Jayantha, and the Finance and Planning, Deputy Minister Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma.
Officials of the Department informed the Committee that a preliminary report on the census findings will be released soon following the conclusion of the data updating process.
The MPs emphasiz...