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Home Minister Amit Shah reviews preparations for 16th census
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed preparation for India's forthcoming 16th census on Sunday with senior officials in North Delhi.
- The census notification will be published in the official gazette on Monday, formally authorizing the census to be held in 2027.
- The enumeration process is divided into two stages: the first involves the Houselisting Operation to gather data on household conditions and assets, and the second, called Population Enumeration, which collects demographic, socio-economic, cultural, and caste-related information for every individual.
- Approximately 3.4 million staff, including enumerators, supervisors, and 130,000 census officials, will conduct the census digitally through mobile applications, with an option for individuals to self-enumerate.
- The reference date is March 1, 2027 nationwide except for snow-bound areas like Ladakh, where it is October 1, 2026; stringent data security measures will protect the collected data.
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Union Government Notifies Population and Caste Census, to Begin on March 1 2027
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Furthermore, the reference date for the Union Territory of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand will be 00:00 hours of October 1, 2026. India News | Union Government Notifies Population and Caste Census, to Begin on March 1 2027.
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