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West Bengal has not yet issued notification for conducting Census: RGI NarayanWest Bengal has not yet issued its notification for the Census. The Registrar General of India has raised this issue with the state. The fi...
Census to be carried out in Gujarat in two phases from April; officers appointed for mega exerciseGujarat population census: The first phase of the HLO will be held from April to September this year, while the second phase of PE will tak...
SC refuses to entertain PIL questioning procedures to record caste of citizens in 2027 censusThe Supreme Court declined to entertain a PIL questioning the procedure for recording caste data in the 2027 census. However, the court urg...
MHA counters misinformation on Census-2027, clarifies caste census in second phaseThe Union Ministry of Home Affairs clarified that details for Census-2027, including the two-phase structure with caste enumeration in the ...
Census 2027 to capture caste data; 33 parameters notifiedIn its notification, the RGI said the Centre has instructed all census officers to collect information on the notified items through the ho...
Census 2027: Houselisting to be conducted across India from April 1 to September 30The Census 2027 houselisting phase is scheduled from April 1 to September 30. Each state and Union Territory will conduct this for 30 days....
Census 2027 rules on self-enumeration and others notifiedNew rules for Census 2027 are out. Online self-enumeration will be an option. State governments will appoint census officers. Caste enumera...
Registrar General of India asks states to appoint census functionaries by January 15, 2026India's census functionaries must be appointed by January 15, 2026, as directed by the Registrar General. Approximately 30 lakh field staff...
Census office in process of finalising questionnaireThe government is preparing for the upcoming digital census. The Registrar General and Census Commissioner are finalizing the questionnaire...
Census to begin Feb 2027, March 1 set as reference dateIndia's 16th Census is set for October 1, 2026, in snow-bound areas and March 1, 2027, elsewhere. The Home Ministry plans to issue a notifi...
Caste census exercise to start from March 1, 2027 across countryIndia will conduct a nationwide caste census starting March 1, 2027, with hilly states beginning earlier on October 1, 2026. The Union Cabi...
Have no plans for caste census in UP: Yogi AdityanathThe Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, stated that the state government has no intention of conducting a caste census. He cl...
Bihar caste survey: SC refuses to stay HC order, defers hearing till Aug 14Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has often insisted that the state is not conducting a caste census but only collecting information related to p...
SC refuses to entertain plea against Bihar govt's decision to conduct caste-based surveyThe apex court on January 20 had refused to entertain a batch of pleas challenging the Bihar government's decision to conduct a caste surve...
BJP cites past Congress govts' stand on caste census to accuse Rahul Gandhi of hypocrisyCongress leader and then Union minister Ajay Maken had written in 2010 to then Rajya Sabha MP Ali Anwar that a decision to "discourage comm...
Lion territory doubles in three yearsThe king of the jungle has conquered new territories. About one-third of the Saurashtra region has been marked as Asiatic lion-inhabited ar...
- Cong spikes demand for caste census
In a clear indication that the government might not easily give in to demands of quota votaries for an OBC head count, the Congress on Mond...