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Roadmap Prepared for Census Rollout: Minister

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July 23, 2025

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said preparations for Census 2027 have begun with a two-day conference of Directors of Census Operations held in this regard at the beginning of July.

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Roadmap Prepared for Census Rollout: Minister

The Ministry also confirmed that the exercise will encompass caste enumeration and will be conducted in two phases.

In a written reply to a query in this regard, Minister of State (MoS) for Home Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha that a two-day conference was held on July 3-4 in the national capital, which was attended by Directors of Census Operations, senior officers from Directorates of Census Operations, and officers from the Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.

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