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March 30, New Delhi – Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, held a press conference on Monday regarding the upcoming 2027 Census.The 16th nationwide Census of India is scheduled to be conducted in two phases, starting in late 2026 and concluding in 2027...

New Delhi, March 30 – The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, on Monday emphasized the importance of providing accurate information to census enumerators, stating that individual data will remain confidential and cannot be used as evidence or to obtain...

New Delhi, March 30 Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan on Monday advised citizens to provide accurate information to census enumerators, asserting that individual data will remain confidential and cannot be used as evidence or to obtain benefits under any...

New Delhi, March 30 – The Registrar General of India (RGI) announced on Monday that preparations for the upcoming census are at an advanced stage, with fieldwork for the first phase – House Listing and Housing Census (HLO) – set to begin in multiple states from April.Addressing a press...

New Delhi, March 26 An officer who intentionally asks "any offensive or improper question" during the 2027 Census will face punishment, including imprisonment of up to three years, upon conviction, according to the latest circular issued by the Registrar General of India.In a note circulated...

New Delhi, March 25 The questions related to caste that enumerators will be asked will be announced before the start of the second phase of the 2027 Census, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the questions will be...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 The first phase of the Census House Listing Operations (HLO) will begin in all 30 districts of Odisha from April 16 and continue until May 15, a top official said on Wednesday.Addressing a press conference here, Director of Census Operations in Odisha, Nikhil Pavan...

New Delhi, March 11 The upcoming census will collect data on the sex of the household head – Male, Female, and Transgender, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, in a written response, said the 2027 census will be conducted in two phases...

Amaravati, March 11 Andhra Pradesh Census Operations and Citizen Registrations Director J Nivas met Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and informed him that the house listing and house census exercise, as part of the 2027 Census, will begin from May 1.Nivas met Naidu at his office and...

Today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah officially launched four digital tools and formally unveiled the mascots, Pragati and Vikas, which symbolize women and men for the 2027 Census in New Delhi. The tools include the House Listing Block Creator Web Application, the HLO Mobile Application, the...

New Delhi, March 5 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah formally launched four digital tools and unveiled the mascots – "Pragati" (female) and "Vikas" (male) – for the upcoming Census-2027 on Thursday.The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) developed advanced digital platforms to...

New Delhi, March 5 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday formally launched four digital tools that will drive India's first fully digital census, with the first phase starting April 1.Shah launched the Houselisting Block Creator (HLBC) web application for digital mapping using satellite...

Hyderabad, March 3 Telangana Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao convened a high-level meeting with the District Collectors on Tuesday to outline the roadmap for the upcoming Census enumeration process.The meeting focused on the first phase of Census operations, which will commence across the...

Hyderabad, March 3 The first phase of the 2027 Census will begin across Telangana on May 11 this year with House Listing Operations, a top official said on Tuesday.Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao, along with the Director of Census Operations, Telangana, Bharathi Holikeri, conducted a...

Chandigarh, February 19 Large-scale preparations have begun in Haryana for the 2027 Census, which will be the sixth census for the state since its formation in 1966, officials said.To ensure the successful and time-bound conduct of the census, Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi virtually addressed...

Chandigarh, February 19 – Haryana will begin the first phase of the 2027 Census, India's first fully digital population count, from May 1 to 30.During a one-day virtual conference of Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, and Municipal Commissioners, Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi...

Bhopal, February 13 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday described the census as the most comprehensive and decisive campaign that will determine India's future.Speaking at the training conference organized for the first phase of the 2027 Census, Yadav said that the census is an...