DES, Assam has been conducting the Census of State Govt. Employees periodically since 1953, with a view to collect various information pertaining to the employees of the Government of Assam. DES Assam is also conducting a census of other Establishment of the state together with state Government employees since 1989. Various recent surveys conducted are in 2004 and 2009, for which the reports are published and for the 2014 survey the data collection work is going on.