New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- The Union Cabinet on Friday cleared the allocation of Rs.11,718.24 crore for conducting Census of India 2027. The announcement was made by Union Cabinet Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

The Census of India would be conducted in two phases:

- Houselisting and Housing Census - April to September, 2026 and,

- Population Enumeration (PE) - February 2027.

For the Union Territory of Ladakh and the snow-bound, non-synchronous regions of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the Population Enumeration would be carried out in September 2026 - the government said in its statement issued on Friday, December 12.

The 2027 Census would be the first Census in India that would be carried out by digital means. According...