New Delhi: The first phase of Census 2027 will take place between April 1 and September 30 this year in all states and Union territories over 30 days, a government notification said this week. This phase will encompass housing and housing listing operations.
The exercise will span two phases – house listing and housing Census, followed by population enumeration. The timeline of the entire process has been set between April 1, 2026, and February 28, 2027, with 00:00 hours of March 1, 2027, as the reference date.
Last month, the government announced that Census data dissemination would be improved and made more user-friendly, ensuring that all policymaking queries are readily available with the click of a button.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a Union Cabinet meeting last year, approving the proposal for conducting the Census of India 2027 for Rs 11,718.2 crore. Approximately 3 million field workers will participate in the Census, which stands as the world’s most extensive administrative and statistical undertaking.
2.89 cr voters removed from UP SIR draft listReleasing the draft revised list for Uttar Pradesh this week after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Election Commission said 2.89 crore voters have been removed from the electoral rolls in the state, including 46 lakh voters who are dead. Of the 2.89 crore people whose names have been removed, 2.17 crore have moved, 46.23 lakh are dead, and 25.47 lakh are registered in more than one place. The final list will be published on March 6. Uttar Pradesh had around 15.44 crore registered voters at the time the SIR was announced on October 27, 2025. |
