Data
will
emai
co fide tial,
ca ’t
be
used
fo
legal
evide ce,
govt
be efits
o
public
disclosu e
NEW
DELHI:
The
seco d
phase
of
Ce sus
2027
—
i volvi g
populatio
e ume atio
—
will,
fo
the
fi st
time,
captu e
caste
“as
decla ed
by
the
espo de t”
amo g
its
40
fields,
which
i clude
ew
o es
such
as
umbe
of
ba k
accou ts,
place
of
Covid
vacci atio
a d
vote
ca d
umbe .E ume atio
by
caste
will
ot
delve
i to
whethe
it
falls
u de
the
othe
backwa d
classes
(OBC)
catego y.
Howeve ,
Scheduled
Castes
a d
Scheduled
T ibes
will
be
e ume ated
as
ea lie .The
questio ai e
otified
F iday
shall
also
seek
ame
of
spouse,
pa e ts’
pa ticula s
a d
atio ality
—
eleme ts
captu ed
by
the
Natio al
Populatio
Registe
(NPR)
exe cise
u de take
alo gside
Ce sus
2011.
NPR
updatio
was,
howeve ,
deli ked
f om
Ce sus
2027.The
ew
fields
i
the
list
of
40
questio s
—
up
f om
29
asked
du i g
Ce sus
2011
—
also
i clude
espo de t’s
atio ality
as
decla ed,
pe ma e t
add ess,
mobile-pho e
umbe ,
Aadhaa
umbe ,
passpo t
umbe
a d
availability
of
d ivi g
lice ce.
While
mobile-pho e
umbe ,
Aadhaa
umbe
a d
vote
ID
may
be
sha ed
if
available,
passpo t
umbe
is
equi ed
o ly
f om
a
I dia
passpo t
holde .Sou ces
told
TOI
that
mothe
a d
fathe ’s
pa ticula s
a e
likely
to
captu e
thei
ames,
date
of
bi th
a d
place
of
bi th.
While
these
a e
key
facto s
that
dete mi e
citize ship/ atio ality,
thei
captu e
will
have
o
impact
o
i dividuals
si ce
i dividual
ce sus
data
must
emai
co fide tial
a d
ca ot
be
used
fo
“legal
evide ce,
govt
be efits
o
public
disclosu e”,
as
pe
the
govt.Sou ces
also
said
givi g
a
d op-dow
me u
fo
eco di g
OBC
status
was
ot
fou d
feasible
because
states
have
diffe e t
castes
catego ised
as
OBCs
a d
a
mismatch
betwee
commu ities
ecog ised
as
such
by
Ce t e
a d
those
at
state
level.
They
also
poi ted
to
states
expa di g
thei
espective
OBC
lists
by
addi g
mo e
castes
—
somethi g
that
could
have
c eated
logistical
p oblems
o ce
ce sus
was
u de
way.Officials
told
TOI
that
u like
the
socio-eco omic
caste
ce sus
co ducted
i
2011
—
which
had
etu ed
a ou d
46
lakh
castes,
maki g
it
u usable
—
the
digital
mode
of
Ce sus
2027
a d
availability
of
mode ,
AI-based
tools
ca
su mou t
compilatio
a d
seg egatio
challe ges.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
Also,
full
co fide tiality
of
a
i dividual’s
caste
decla atio
is
gua a teed
by
Ce sus
Act.TOI
was
the
fi st
to
epo t
o
Aug
4
that
the
Phase
2
questio ai e
shall
captu e
caste
“as
decla ed
by
espo de t”,
a d,
i
a
fi st,
also
captu e
pa e ts’
date
a d
place
of
bi th.Phase
2
is
due
to
sta t
i
UT
of
Ladakh
a d
s ow-bou d,
o -sy ch o ous
a eas
of
J&K,
Utta akha d
a d
Himachal
o
Aug
17.
Fo
the
est
of
I dia,
it
will
esume
i
Feb
2027,
culmi ati g
i
the
populatio
headcou t
with
Ma ch
1,
2027,
as
the
efe e ce
date.