President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took part in the first self-enumeration exercise in India’s census history, which began in the national capital and seven other states and UTs giving an option to citizens to submit their information through a special web portal.
The first citizen of the country self-enumerated on the SE portal(se.census.gov.in) where she filled all her details in Rashtrapati Bhavan in the presence of Home Secretary Govind Mohan and Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan and Deputy Director General (Census Planning) Biswajit Das.
Prime Minister Modi also filled his self-enumeration details in the presence of the officials.
“Completed my self enumeration. Today marks the beginning of the first phase of Census 2027, relating to house listing and housing operations. This census is the first time data collection being done through digital means.”
“It also empowers the people of India to self-enumerate their household details. I appeal to the people of India to self-enumerate their household details themselves and participate in the Census process,” Modi said on ‘X’.
Vice President C P Radhakrishnan and Home Minister Amit Shah also filled self-enumeration form online.
“As part of the first phase of the Census, the ‘House Listing’ process commencing today, I filled the self-enumeration form. This process will play a crucial role in accelerating India’s development journey and ensuring that government schemes reach every citizen effectively,” Shah said on ‘X’.
The Census 2027 kick-started on Wednesday in eight states and Union Territories, including NDMC and Delhi Cantt areas of the national capital, with the opening of a 15-day self-enumeration window, a first in the history of the massive exercise, where citizens will have the option to digitally submit information on their own.
About 55,000 households across eight states, UTs availed self-enumeration facility on first day of Census 2027.
A specially developed portal for self-enumeration has been opened for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa, Karnataka, Sikkim, Odisha, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, and areas under the NDMC and the Cantonment Board of the national capital, where citizens can answer the listed questions and generate a unique ID.
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