India's First Population Census With Digital Tools To Be Conducted In March 2027
New Delhi: The Central Government has announced that India’s census will be conducted in 2027. The exercise will be conducted from March 1 for most part of the country as per the official notification. The entire census process will be carried out in two phases. Separate reference dates have been fixed for snow-bound areas as well as for the non-snow-bound regions of Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Uttarakhand.
Interestingly, the census 2027 will be India’s first Census conducted using digital tools. Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah launched the four digital platforms soft for conducting the census. The four digit tools are: Houselisting Block Creator (HLBC) Web Application, HLO Mobile Application, Self-Enumeration (SE) Portal and Census Management and Monitoring System (CMMS) Portal.
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HLBC App creates Houselisting Blocks via satellite maps. HLO App (Android/iOS, 16 languages) lets registered enumerators collect data offline. Self-Enumeration Portal allows households to submit data online and get an SE ID, and CMMS Portal centrally monitors all census operations in real-time.
Census is conducted under the provisions of the Census Act 1948 and Census Rules, 1990 and amendments made thereunder. Individual data collected in the Census is kept confidential and only aggregated data at various administrative levels is published.
States and Union Territories play a pivotal role in smooth conduct of the Census, as various field-level activities including collection of data, verification, monitoring and supervision, review of progress are carried out by Census functionaries appointed and deployed by the respective State Governments and Union Territory Administrations under the provisions
