An important news came out on Friday about the census to be held in India. Union Cabinet approves ₹11,718 crore for Census 2027 Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav announced that the 2027 Census will be conducted in two phases: household listing will be done between April and September 2026, and the census will be done in February 2027. Ashwini said that the first digital census, and caste-based census will also be included in the 2027 census. This means that during the census people will be asked about their caste. Will castes of different religions also be counted? Under the Census Act, a Gazette Notice will explain how the census will be carried out, what questions will be asked and how it will differ from previous censuses. It will give you all the answers. The difference between Gotra and Caste will be decided after careful consideration. A digital census system is being created. Full arrangements will be made to keep people’s personal information safe. The first phase of the census will run from April to September 2026. The second phase will take place in February 2027. Arrangements have also been made for the safety of people who give wrong data. Earlier, the government also told the Lok Sabha that the 2027 census will include questions about the time people have stayed at their current home and the reason for migration. External Affairs Minister Nityanand Rai, in a written reply to a question, said the census collects information about each person at the place where they are found at the time of enumeration. The Home Affairs Minister was responding to an MP’s question whether any special provisions are being made to count migrant workers and temporary residents during the 2027 census and whether any separate data collection process is being proposed for this purpose. Nityanand Rai said that migration data is collected based on each person’s place of birth and last residence. “The census also collects information about time of stay at the current residence and reason for migration. The questionnaire for the census is notified by the central government through the Official Gazette before the start of fieldwork,” he said. The Minister said that the census questionnaire is finalized before each census based on inputs and suggestions received from different ministries, departments, organizations and census data users. The Minister said that the history of census is more than 150 years old, and in each census the experiences of previous censuses are taken into account. In a written reply to a separate question, the minister said that according to the decision taken by the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs on 30 April this year, caste-wise enumeration will also be done in the census. In a written reply to another question, the Union minister said that the 2027 census will be conducted in a digital manner, in which data will be collected through mobile applications and there will be provision for online self-counting. Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases. In the first phase, listing and counting of houses will be done between April to September 2026 and the counting of people will be done in February 2027. Share this story Tags