The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday approved the scheme for conducting the Census of India 2027, allocating ₹11,718.24 crore for the country’s largest administrative and statistical exercise.

According to the government, Census 2027 will be the first fully digital Census, featuring mobile-based data collection, real-time monitoring through a centralised portal, and self-enumeration options for the public. The exercise will be conducted in two phases – the Houselisting and Housing Census between April and September 2026, followed by Population Enumeration (PE) in February 2027. In Ladakh and snow-bound regions of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, PE will be carried out in September 2026.

An estimated 30 lakh field personnel, including enume

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