New Delhi, 14/8: The union government on Friday (August 14) notified 40 questions to be asked during the population enumeration phase of Census 2027, including one to record caste – a first in independent India – as provided by the respondent.
The questions — as against 29 in the last Census in 2011 — also include fresh ones like details of place of Covid-19 vaccination, number of bank accounts, digital literacy status, nationality as declared, spouse’s name as also mobile number
