The Census of Public and Semi Government Sector Employment will be conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics today covering the entire Country from 9.30 am to 11.30 am with the participation of all employees of the public and semi government sector.

The first Census of the Public sector employment was conducted in 1968 by the Public Administration Ministry with DCS’ technical support to enumerate only the permanent employees in the public sector.

The  objective  of  this  Census is  to  enumerate  all  employees of  the  public and  semi government sector, and to compile demographic and socio economic information of these employees.