NEW DELHI, 12 Dec: The union Cabinet on Friday approved Rs 11,718 crore for conducting the Census of India, 2027, which would include caste enumeration for the first time.

Addressing a briefing, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the proposal to conduct the census, which will be the first digital exercise.

Around 30 lakh enumerators would be involved in the entire exercise.

The 16th edition of the census since independence will also provide an option of self-enumeration to the citizens.

The decadal exercise, which was scheduled to take place in 2021, got postponed due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic across the country.

The minister said the census will be conducted in two phases – house-li

See Full Page