Date: 2026-07-30Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Appointment of Shri Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, IAS UP 1995 as Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner under Ministry of Home Affairs in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India
**Summary of Government Notification: Appointment of Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner**
**Issuing Authority:** Ministry of Home Affairs (Office of the Registrar General, India), Government of India.
**Document Reference:** F. No. A-22012/01/2022-Ad.III/91.
**Gazette ID:** CG-DL-E-30072026-274983 (No. 16).
**Notification Date:** July 30, 2026.
**Key Appointment Details:**
* **Appointee:** Shri Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, IAS (UP: 1995).
* **Designation:** Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner (RGI & CC).
* **Rank and Pay:** Secretary to the Government of India.
* **Effective Date of Appointment:** July 24, 2026.
* **Official Headquarters:** New Delhi.
**Publication Information:**
* **Authorized Signatory:** Biswajit Das, Deputy Director General.
* **Publisher:** Published in "The Gazette of India: Extraordinary" (Part III—Section 1) by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
* **Printing Location:** Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064.
* **Registration Number:** REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99.
Key Entities Referenced
Shri Mritunjay Kumar Narayan: IAS officer appointed as the Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner (RGI & CC).
Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner (RGI & CC): The primary office/authority responsible for conducting the decennial census and overseeing the registration of births and deaths.
Ministry of Home Affairs: The central ministry under which the Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner functions.
New Delhi: The designated headquarters for the newly appointed Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग III—खण् ड 1
PART III—Section 1
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स.ं 16] नई दिल्ली, िृहस्ट्प जतवार, िुलाई 30, 2026/श्रावण 8, 1948
No. 16] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2026/SHRAVAN 8, 1948
गहृ मत्रं ालय
(भारत के महारजिस्ट्र ार का कायाला य)
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 30 िुलाई, 2026
फा. स.ं ए-22012/01/2022-प्रिा.III/91.—राष्ट्रपजत, श्री मृतयुंिय कुमार नारायण, भा.प्र.स.े (उत्तर प्रििे :1995)
को दिनांक 24.07.2026 से भारत सरकार के सजचव के पि और वते न म ेंगृह मंत्रालय के अंतगता भारत के महारजिस्ट् रार एव ं
िनगणना आयुक् त (आरिीआई एण्ड सीसी) के रूप मे जनयक्तु करते ह।ै
2. श्री मृतयुंिय कुमार नारायण का मख्ु यालय नई दिल्ली होगा ।
जिस्ट्विीत िास, उप महाजनििे क
5855 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.1]
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(Office of the Registrar General, India)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th July, 2026
F. No. A-22012/01/2022-Ad.III/91.—The President is pleased to appoint Shri Mritunjay Kumar
Narayan, IAS (UP:1995) as Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner (RGI & CC) under Ministry
of Home Affairs in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India with effect from 24.07.2026.
2. The Headquarters of Shri Mritunjay Kumar Narayan will be New Delhi.
BISWAJIT DAS, Dy. Director General
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