NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday participated in the self-enumeration initiative for the Census 2027 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, according to the President’s Office.Murmu entered her household details on the official portal in the presence of home secretary Govind Mohan, registrar general and census commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan and other senior officials, the office said in a post on X. Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Wednesday also completed the self-enumeration form online for Census 2027 at the Vice President’s residence, according to an official statement.The vice president urged residents to participate in the self-enumeration process and submit their household details online through the official web portal during the period notified by their respective states and Union Territories. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also completed his self-enumeration as the first phase of Census 2027 began on Wednesday. Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday also said he had filled out the self-enumeration form for his residence in Delhi as part of the ‘Housing Enumeration’ process marking the start of the first phase of Census 2027. He said the exercise would play an important role in accelerating India’s development journey and help ensure that the benefits of government schemes reach every citizen effectively. The 15-day window for self-enumeration in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Delhi Cantonment areas began on Wednesday. For the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) areas, the self-enumeration will be held from May 1 to May 15.The door-to-door houselisting operation will run in two 30-day windows, areas under NDMC and Delhi Cantonment from April 16 to May 15, and areas under MCD from May 16 to June 15, as outlined in the Census schedule.The Census 2027 is being conducted in two phases, the first stage is known as house listing and housing census and the second stage is the population census.
