Census 2027: States asked to identify vulnerable areas, keep biased enumerators out

The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI) has asked State Directorates to identify and prepare a list of villages, habitats and sections of the population vulnerable to “threat, intimidation or interference” during the ongoing Census exercise.

The Commissioner asked the States to avoid enumerators who may be biased towards specific social or religious communities as far as possible as their appointment for fieldwork could prove counter-productive.