India Approves Digital Census 2027
Analysis based on 20 articles · First reported Dec 12, 2025 · Last updated Dec 13, 2025
The approval of the Census 2027 budget by the India — Union Council of Ministers is expected to generate significant employment, with approximately 1.02 crore man-days of employment for technical personnel. The digital nature of the census and the 'Census-as-a-Service' model will provide clean, machine-readable data, potentially improving policy-making and resource allocation in India.
The India — Union Council of Ministers, chaired by Narendra Modi, approved a budget of Rs 11,718 crore for Census 2027, as announced by Ashwini Vaishnaw. This will be India's first digital census, conducted in two phases: house-listing from April to September 2026 and population enumeration in February 2027. Special provisions are made for snow-bound regions like Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. The census will utilize mobile applications for data collection and a central monitoring system, deploying around 30 lakh field functionaries. Notably, it will include caste enumeration and offer a self-enumeration option. The 'Census-as-a-Service' model aims to provide actionable data to government stakeholders, with robust data security measures in place. The exercise is also projected to create significant employment opportunities.
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