President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a Law “On the Census of population”.
A population census is a collection of reliable and objective information about the population of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The law defines the following basic principles of a census:
- frequency;
- universality and simultaneity;
- individual registration;
- confidentiality of personal data;
- centralization of census management.
State regulation in the field of population census is carried out by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Republican Commission to assist in the census in the Republic of Uzbekistan, a specially authorized state body in the field of population census (State Committee on Statistics), as well as local authorities in accordance with their powers.
The law establishes the powers of these bodies in this area.
Also, ministries, state committees and departments responsible for organizing the census provide assistance to a specially authorized state body to carry out tasks in the field of census.
The law comes into force on the day of its official publication.
Reported by the Uzbekistan Daily.
