Minister of Planning, Mohammed Tamim, confirmed today, Sunday, the ministry's readiness to conduct the census on its scheduled date. According to the ministry's statement, "Tamim inspected the operations room of the General Population and Housing Census in the Statistics and Geographic Information Systems Authority, with the aim of reviewing the progress of the numbering and enumeration operations taking place in all governorates, including the governorates of the Kurdistan Region, in preparation for conducting the population census on the twentieth of next November." The head of the operations room and the work team in the statistics office provided "a detailed explanation of the progress of the numbering and enumeration operations and the rates of completion in each governorate," stressing that "the operations are proceeding at an increasing pace, and that the field work is witnessing great progress." The minister confirmed, after reviewing the details of the field work, that "the ministry's readiness to conduct the census on its scheduled date has been completed," noting "the readiness of the data center as well as the communications center, in addition to other requirements." Source: National Iraqi News Agency