India, Jan. 13 -- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet(ACC) has appointed new officers as Directors of Census Operations or Director of Citizen Registration in two states and given extensions to existing officers in these positions in seven states over the last fortnight.

These appointments and extensions come ahead of the house listing operations exercise set to begin on April 1, under Phase I of the National Census.

IAS officers Biswajit Pegu and Rashmi Kama have been appointed Directors of Census Operations in Assam and West Bengal respectively. And officers in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, and Haryana have received extensions.

The Director of Census Operations is in charge of the cen...