‘Census-2027 to be a digital exercise'
She said approximately 600,000 field staff will be deployed in Uttar Pradesh for census operations.
"This will be the first post-independence census to collect caste-related data as well. The first phase will occur over a 30-day period between April and Sep 2026, and the second phase will run from Feb 9 to Feb 28, 2027," she said, while speaking at a seminar on 'Demography and Civil Registration System'.
The reference time for census enumeration will be March 1 at 00:00 HRS.
This census will also include a self-enumeration option.
She said UP has made qualitative improvements in birth and death registration and is now among the leading states in the country.
Mission director (National Programme), Medical & Health Dr Shubhra Mishra said since Feb 1, 2020, birth and death registrations have been processed online via the portal.
She said newborn certificates are issued to families at discharge from govt hospitals.
Private hospitals have also been provided data entry IDs to submit information directly to the registrar through the CRS portal.
These efforts, she said, greatly expedited registrations within 21 days. According to 2022 data, Uttar Pradesh is ahead of states like Karnataka and Kerala in this regard, Mishra said. Registration is now carried out across approximately 62,000 units, including rural, urban, and health department facilities.
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