India, Feb. 7 -- New Delhi

The Delhi government has started preparations for house-listing and housing-portion exercises under Phase 1 of the Census 2027 exercise, which will commence on April 1, officials aware of the matter said on Friday. The first phase will focus on creating an updated inventory of houses and households, a critical groundwork ahead of the population count scheduled for the next year.

The Delhi government has nominated 10 statistical officers to serve as master trainers for other officials who will be involved in the exercise and the revenue department will serve as the nodal department for the Census. Officials said the cascading training model will ensure uniformity and accuracy in data collection.

"The master tr...