Pakistan to Procure 126,000 Tablets From China for 7th Digital Population Census

Pakistan will procure 126,000 tablets from China for the upcoming 7th Population and Household Digital Census by 11 December 2022.

The delivery of tablets will start on 20 August and will be completed in eight batches by 11 December 2022, according to official documents available with ProPakistani.

The National Database Regulatory Authority (NADRA) had earlier proposed a comprehensive IT Turn-Key Solution for the 7th Population and Household Census. As proceedings stand, the digital census will be carried out across the country in 628 Tehsils comprising approximately 200,000 Census Blocks. The activity shall be performed using android-based smart devices equipped with House Listing and Enumeration Application synchronized with Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information System (GIS).

An agreement between NADRA and the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) was signed on 20 June 2022 to offer an IT turn Key solution for the upcoming 7th Digital Census in the country by NADRA. The total cost of the contract is amounting to Rs. 13.4 billion. The Mobilization Advance of 40 percent payment invoice as per the contract has been raised to PBS, however, Rs. 2.25 billion has been dispersed by the client.

Of the 126,000 tablets to be procured from China, the first batch of 500 tablets will arrive on 20 August, followed by three batches of 18,500 each in October, and two batches of 18,500 each in November, the documents reveal. Two batches of 18,500 and 14,500 will arrive in Pakistan on 1 and 15 December, respectively. For carrying out pilot digital census and training in 83 tehsils, NADRA has already arranged 600 tablets from BISP on loan.



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