Census 2027: India's First Digital Enumeration Exercise
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📌 Summary:
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Census 2027 will be India's first digital enumeration using mobile-based data collection for faster, more efficient nationwide data availability
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The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (April 30, 2025) decided to include caste enumeration in Census 2027 — a landmark decision
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Total outlay: ₹11,718.24 crore; backed by secure Critical Information Infrastructure (CII)-designated data centres
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Census is the richest demographic source used by planners, administrators, academics and businesses; the last Census was conducted in 2011
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Data collection involves two phases: House Listing & Housing Census and Population Enumeration
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A large trained workforce of enumerators and supervisors will be deployed across the country
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Digital transition aims to eliminate manual data entry errors and speed up release of census data for targeted policymaking
🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS2 — Governance & Social Justice; also relevant for GS1 (Indian Society, Demography). Caste census is a major political and policy question.
📝 Prelims Facts:
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Last Census: 2011 (base year); Census 2027 is the delayed post-COVID exercise
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CII (Critical Information Infrastructure) designation means data centres are protected under IT Act
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Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI) oversees Census
🔑 Key Term: Digital Enumeration — use of mobile devices and digital platforms by enumerators to collect, record, and transmit census data in real time, replacing paper-based forms.
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