New Delhi: Census exercise of five years ago due to the covid outbreak can begin on 1 April, 2026, the counting of population with midnight of March 1, 2027 can be terminated as a reference date. The caste of each resident of the country will be recorded for the first time since the 1931 Dicanial headcon, which is part of the practice, which possibly keeps the key to two other decisions of far -reaching importance – delimitation and implementation of women’s quota in assemblies.Sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs said that the first to occupy the census – the first to occupy the data – census will follow a schedule similar to 2011; It will be held in two phases -1 April, 2026 and sept 30, 2026 anytime in states and UTS to conduct non-composite phase in a 45-day period; The population was chased by the census phase, which would also record caste this time, between 9 to 28 February, 2027. The counting of the population will be recorded on March 1, 2027, followed by an amendment by 1 and 5 March 2027.The snow-bounded area of ​​Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, along with Ladakh, will calculate the population six months before the rest of India, that is, in September 2026, in September 2026, with midnight of October 1, 2026, is their ‘non-synchronous’ reference date. With tech, census data is very rapidly out of the past There was no clarity on whether the National Population Register updation would be done with the population calculation phase, as it was done in 2011.The intention of census after 15 years is obliged to welcome equally by policy makers and beneficiaries. Exercise is an important data source for delimitation and reservation of constituencies in all three levels of the government. It offers a snapshot of the country’s population at a time and creates an important input for planning and construction of policy initiatives. Census tables also help in research in areas such as demographics, economics, anthropology, sociology.Since the upcoming census will embrace digital mode -is free to do self -census with the respondents or the enumerators have captured the data on their phone or tablet through the census app or portal -Govt sources said that Govt sources said that the tables related to various data sectors captured will be very early in comparison to 5-6 years of interval. A senior functioning said that caste data can be released in three years. However, it is unlikely that caste count will form the basis for reservation in itself.Although a nationwide socio-economic caste census was held in 2011, it returned to about 46 lakh castes, which stopped the data from public with inaccuracy. In recent years, Bihar, Karnataka and Telangana have conducted their own caste surveys.Census 2027 can also meet the position prescribed under the delimitation law to be the basis for the next delimitation, which is important not only to decide the representation of states/UTs in the Lok Sabha, but also to implement 33% reservation for women in LS and state assembly. According to the law, the next delimitation practice should be conducted based on the first census to be conducted after 2026, although no day or month has been specified.The Ministry of Home Affairs said on Wednesday that the notification about the intention of operating the census 2027 will be temporarily issued on 16 June. Enumerators and census can follow refresher training of employees; Sources did not deny a fresh pre-testing, which was finally held in August 2019, in view of digitization of the process and adding new data fields such as caste.However, only Rs 574 crore was allocated for a census – with a cost of more than Rs 13,000 crore – with NPR updates – in the budget of 2025-26, Govt sources said that it was not an issue to find additional resources.Five states/UTS – West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry – May – May – Juns are due to going to elections in 2026, but will have the flexibility to choose a 45 -day housewife schedule anytime between April 1 and September 30 to avoid a clash.
