Census 2027: RGI asks officials to focus on sensitive questions during enumerator trainingCensus 2027 enumerator training will emphasize sensitive questions on religion and caste. Population enumeration in Goa and Uttar Pradesh s...
10 Sep, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
Census: Population enumeration in 4 poll-bound states from Dec 1, 2026 to Jan 4, 2027Population enumeration for Census 2027 will occur in Goa and Uttar Pradesh. Punjab and parts of Uttarakhand will also participate in this e...
05 Sep, 2026, 08.56 PM IST
A sick European to 7,044 deaths: How influenza became notifiable disease in Delhi over a century agoInfluenza claimed over seven thousand lives in Delhi city during the 1918 pandemic. Archival records show the disease spread rapidly after ...
29 Aug, 2026, 03.35 PM IST
Govt notifies 40-question Census 2027; caste to be recorded with SC/ST statusThe Registrar General of India has notified a 40-question schedule for Census 2027. This includes an open-ended caste question for all resp...
18 Aug, 2026, 06.42 PM IST
Census 2027: Centre notifies 40 questions for Census population enumeration phase, read full list of questions hereThe Ministry of Home Affairs has notified forty questions for the Census of India 2027. These questions will be asked by Census officers fo...
14 Aug, 2026, 11.45 AM IST
Population Census in Ladakh, J-K, HP, Uttarakhand to begin on Sep 1: GovtThe second phase of India's Census population enumeration will occur in Ladakh and snow-bound regions. This phase is scheduled to take plac...
03 Aug, 2026, 08.29 PM IST
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...
30 Mar, 2026, 06.02 PM IST
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...
22 Jan, 2026, 11.14 PM IST
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...
24 Dec, 2025, 12.06 AM IST
Pre-test exercise for 1st phase of Census 2027 to be conducted from Nov 10-30India's Population Census 2027 will begin with a pre-test from November 10 to 30, 2025. This exercise will evaluate all aspects of the upco...
16 Oct, 2025, 10.01 PM IST
Congress seeks all-party meet to get clarity on whether census would include enumeration of castesCongress requests an all-party meeting to clarify if the upcoming Census will include a comprehensive caste enumeration and be utilized to ...
28 Oct, 2024, 03.26 PM IST
Cabinet nod to bill to reserve seats for STs in Goa AssemblyThe Union Cabinet approves a bill for Scheduled Tribes (ST) reservation in the Goa Legislative Assembly, addressing the community's lack of...
08 Mar, 2024, 02.27 PM IST
DC’s administrative powers entrusted to ADCs of four merged districts in AssamThe notification, issued by the General Administration Department also stated that the Deputy Commissioners of these districts under whom t...
30 Mar, 2023, 09.42 AM IST
Govt declares computer systems linked to census management as "protected"The central government has declared some computer resources as "protected" for being critical information infrastructure of the Office of t...
08 Nov, 2022, 01.01 PM IST
Census not to seek bank account info, will list cereals eatenSources said information on main cereal consumed in the household, being sought for the first time as part of Census exercise, has been inc...
10 Jan, 2020, 11.46 AM IST
Pre-test of Census 2021 to be conducted from August 12 to September 30A total of 33 lakh enumerators, the persons who conduct door-to-door counting, would be mobilised for data collection for which notificatio...
01 Jul, 2019, 05.30 PM IST
- BPL surveys are mere BPL surveys, not caste census: Dr M Vijayanunni
The Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011 is independent India’s first attempt to record details of a person’s caste. An expert says collect...
31 Jul, 2011, 03.28 AM IST