Government said the preparation for Census 2027 has started with the publication of gazette notification on 16th of last month.

In a written reply in Lok Sabha today, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai said a two-day conference was held in this regard on 3rd and 4th July in New Delhi.

This conference was attended by Directors of Census Operations, senior officers from Directorates of Census Operations and officers from Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner.

The conference featured discussion on the roadmap of ensuing Census and its related activities.

These include finalisation of the frame of administrative units, collection of data through mobile apps, management and monitoring of census activities through Census Management and Monitoring System portal, self-enumeration, and training of census functionaries.