India, Dec. 2 -- The office of the registrar general and Census commissioner of India (ORGI) is in the process of finalising the questionnaire for the Census 2027, the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA informed the Parliament on Tuesday.

Responding to a question by member of parliament Shatrughan Sinha, Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha: "As per Rule 6 of Census Rules, 1990, the census questionnaires or schedules are notified by the central government through official gazette under sub-section (1) of section 8 of the act. The office of the registrar general and census commissioner is in the process of finalising the questionnaire."

The timeline for the Census 2027, Rai said, has be...