2027 Census
2027 Census begins: President Murmu, Prime Minister Modi and other leaders complete self-count
New Delhi: President Drupadi Murmu on Wednesday participated in a self-examination exercise for Census 2027 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, according to the President’s Office.The office said in a post onVice President CP Radhakrishnan also filled up the self-enumeration form for Census 2027 online at the Vice President’s residence on Wednesday, according to an official statement.The … Read more
Census 2027 offers historic opportunity to record disability data: Athawale
New Delhi: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said the upcoming census 2027 provides a “historic opportunity” to obtain accurate data on all 21 recognized categories of persons with disabilities and formulate targeted policies for persons with disabilities.Speaking at the launch of the handbook titled “Beyond the Visible: Handbook on Disability Inclusion for Parliamentarians”, Asawale … Read more
India prepares for biggest demographic: How the 2027 census will be different
NEW DELHI: Counting every person in a country of over 1.4 billion people is not an easy task. India is currently gearing up for one of the world’s largest census exercises – the 2027 Census.The national census was originally scheduled to be conducted in 2021, in line with the ten-year census cycle that India has … Read more
Amit Shah unveils mascots ‘Pragati’ and ‘Vikas’ for India’s first digital census
New Delhi: Ahead of the 2027 Census starting on April 1, Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched four digital tools for the country’s first digital census and unveiled two census mascots – female enumerator ‘Pragati’ and male enumerator ‘Vikas’. The four digital platforms include a self-enumeration portal that will allow respondents to submit household … Read more
Census 2027: Amit Shah launches mascots ‘Pragati’ and ‘Vikas’; what’s new this time
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday soft-launched four digital tools and unveiled the mascots of Census 2027, ‘Pragati’ (female) and ‘Vikas’ (male).These mascots symbolize the equal participation of men and women in India’s journey to become a developed nation by 2047.The new digital platform, developed by the Center for Development of Advanced … Read more