India has begun intensive groundwork for Census 2027, the country's first digital and largest-ever population data exercise.

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India announces Census 2027 in two phases, introducing digital data collection and first caste enumeration in 70+ years.

NEW DELHI, Aug 21 (Reuters) - India is likely to begin conducting a long-delayed population census in September, two government sources said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to plug important ...

NEW DELHI – India’s decennial population census, significantly delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and other logistical challenges, is now slated for completion by March 1, 2027. The interior ministry ...

Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw didn’t say when the census would begin when he announced it would include caste information Wednesday. He said the decision demonstrated New Delhi’s commitment to ...

Census 2027: The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday gave its formal approval to conduct the Census of India 2027, and sanctioned Rs 11,718 crore for the exercise, which will ...

The 2027 Indian Census represents a shift from the conventional method. Nearly 34 lakh enumerators would use their personal devices to gather data. This will be the nation's first entirely digital ...

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Three years ago India’s government was scheduled to pose its citizens a long list of basic but important questions. How many people live in your house? What is it made of? Do you have a toilet? A car?