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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Rajya Sabha connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) that the questions connected caste for the forthcoming Census volition beryllium notified earlier the commencement of the 2nd signifier of the Census operation.
The questions, including connected caste, for the 2nd signifier would beryllium finalised and notified arsenic per established procedure, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said successful a written reply.
Responding to a question by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) subordinate Rajathi connected whether the Ministry had received immoderate practice from State governments, particularly Tamil Nadu, recommending consultations with the States earlier finalising the guidelines for enumerating castes, the reply stated, “Several representations regarding the enumeration of caste person been received from assorted organisations of antithetic States, including of the State of Tamil Nadu. The questions, including connected caste, for the 2nd signifier volition beryllium finalised and notified arsenic per the established procedure.”
The reply added that the volition of the Government of India successful conducting Census 2027 had been notified. “In the Census, caste besides volition beryllium enumerated successful the 2nd phase. In India, the Census cognition is conducted successful 2 phases. In the archetypal phase, i.e., the House Listing Operation (HLO), accusation regarding lodging conditions, assets, amenities, etc., of each household is collected. In the 2nd phase, i.e., Population Enumeration (PE), the demographic, socioeconomic, cultural, and different details of each idiosyncratic are collected. The Government of India has notified (on January 22, 2026) the questions for the archetypal phase. Questions for the 2nd phase, including the questions connected caste, volition beryllium notified earlier the commencement of the 2nd signifier of the Census operation,” the reply said.
As reported by The Hindu, the last questionnaire for caste enumeration is apt to beryllium known lone successful September, erstwhile the 2nd signifier of the colonisation Census 2027 volition beryllium carried retired successful Ladakh and the snow-bound areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, up of the remainder of the country. The caste enumeration for each different States volition beryllium counted successful February 2027.
This volition beryllium the 16th Census and the archetypal successful Independent India to number each castes, different than Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).
The archetypal signifier of the Census crossed the state volition commence connected April 1 and reason connected September 30. The 2nd signifier volition beryllium concluded successful February 2027.
However, some the phases would person been completed by September 30 successful Ladakh and successful the snow-bound areas of J&K, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
