New Delhi, Apr 1: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday participated in the self-enumeration initiative for Census 2027 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, her office said.
Murmu self-enumerated her household details in the portal (se.census.gov.in) in the presence of Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan and other senior officials, it said in a post on X.
The Census kick-started on Wednesday in eight states and Union Territories including Delhi with the opening of a 15-day self-enumeration window, where citizens can exercise the option to provide information themselves on the web portal developed by the government for the purpose.
“President Droupadi Murmu participated in the self-enumeration initiative of the Government of India for Census 2027 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. This Census is being conducted in digital mode for the first time,” the President’s office said.
It also shared pictures of the event in the social media post.
The 15-day window for self-enumeration in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Delhi Cantonment areas began on Wednesday. For the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) areas, the self-enumeration will be held from May 1 to May 15.
The door-to-door houselisting operation will run in two 30-day windows — areas under NDMC and Delhi Cantonment from April 16 to May 15, and areas under MCD from May 16 to June 15 — as outlined in the Census schedule.
The Census 2027 is being conducted in two phases — the first stage is known as house listing and housing census and the second stage is the population census.
