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NDTV
3 days ago
- Politics
- NDTV
Caste, Not Class, Will Be Counted In 2027 Population Census: Sources
New Delhi: Caste, and not class, will be taken into consideration during the exhaustive count of the population of the country that will be held in 2026-2027, sources said on Thursday. Each person will have to mention their caste and religion for the 16th Census that will be conducted in two phases in 2027. "Along with religion, everyone will have to declare their caste, irrespective of whether one is from the general category, OBC or Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe category," a source said. Explaining the need to specify the caste, rather than class, the source said there is no unified or single list for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), unlike the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). "The OBC list varies from state to state and that from the Centre," the source said. Two separate lists of OBCs are maintained - the central list is maintained by the National Commission for Backward Classes and used for reference in providing reservations in central government jobs and educational institutes; the state lists are managed by the respective governments and are often longer and more extensive than the central list. On Wednesday, the Union Home Ministry announced that India's 16th Census with caste enumeration will be carried out in 2027 with the reference date of October 1, 2026 in snow-bound areas like Ladakh and of March 1, 2027 in the rest of the country. The Census is being carried out after a gap of 16 years as the last one was held in 2011. More than 30 lakh enumerators and their supervisors are likely to be engaged to carry out the mega exercise. It will also be the first digital Census giving the citizens an opportunity to self-enumerate. The population of the country as per the Census 2011 was 1210.19 million of which 623.72 million (51.54 per cent) were males and 586.46 million (48.46 per cent) were females.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Census to begin Feb 2027, March 1 set as reference date
India's 16th Census is set for October 1, 2026, in snow-bound areas and March 1, 2027, elsewhere. The Home Ministry plans to issue a notification by June 16, 2025. Caste enumeration will occur alongside the census. The Congress party criticizes the delay, alleging the Modi government's failure to meet deadlines. The last census was in 2011. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads The much-delayed 16th Census exercise, along with caste enumeration , will be carried out with a reference date of October 1, 2026 in snow-bound areas like Ladakh, and March 1, 2027 in the rest of the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced on to officials, the process will begin with the issuance of a notification, which is tentatively scheduled to be published in the official gazette on June 16, 2025, under Section 3 of the Census Act, 1948. The final phase of enumeration will begin in February 2027 and conclude on March 1, 2027, which will serve as the national reference date."It has been decided to conduct Population Census 2027 in two phases, along with enumeration of castes. The reference date will be 00:00 hours of March 1, 2027," the MHA said in a Ladakh and other non-synchronous, snow-bound areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, the reference date will be 00:00 hours of October 1, 2026, the ministry Census of India is carried out under provisions of the Census Act, 1948 and the Census Rules, 1990. The last census was conducted in 2011 in two 2021 was also scheduled in two phases-April to September 2020, and February 2021. While preparations were completed for the first phase, the fieldwork set to begin on April 1, 2020, was postponed due to the outbreak of COVID-19, and later due to the 2024 general government has now decided to carry out caste enumeration along with the census. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting in April 2024. The Registrar General of India is expected to introduce a column for caste, in addition to other demographic data, officials after the Centre announced the Census schedule, the Congress said there is no reason to delay the exercise for another 23 months and alleged that the Modi government does not meet a post on X, Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said, "There is really no reason to delay the Census that was due in 2021 for another twenty three months. The Modi Government is capable only of generating headlines, not meeting deadlines."
