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.
Centre issues notification for Census in 2027
Census notification issued | National Population Census 2027: Union Home Minister Amit Shah had on Sunday reviewed the preparation for the forthcoming Census with Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan and other senior officials.
Amit Shah Reviews 16th Census Preparations; Official Notification Tomorrow
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reviewed the final preparations for the upcoming 16th Census of India in a high-level meeting held in New Delhi. The meeting was attended by the Union Home Secretary, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI), and other senior officials. The Ministry of Home Affairs later confirmed that the official notification for the Census will be published in the Gazette of India on June 16, 2025. In…
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