Census 2027 Phase II: Karnataka Reviews Readiness at State-Level Conference
A state-level conference on Census 2027 Phase II was held at Vikas Soudha in Bengaluru on October 30. Photo: DIPR.
Bengaluru | October 30: Karnataka reviewed preparations for Phase II of Census 2027 at a state-level conference of Principal Census Officers at Vikas Soudha in Bengaluru on Friday. The meeting, held in conference hall 419, focused on coordination with district administrations, operational readiness, capacity-building, digital tools and accurate, comprehensive coverage across the state.
Uma Mahadevan, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner, Government of Karnataka, inaugurated the conference. GBA Chief Commissioner Maheshwar Rao M and Manoj Kumar Meena, IAS, Secretary, Revenue (Disaster Management) and the state nodal officer for Census 2027, attended. The participants also included members of the State-Level Census Coordination Committee, regional commissioners, district Deputy Commissioners, municipal corporation commissioners, Zilla Panchayat chief executive officers, Directorate of Census Operations officials and a Deputy Registrar General (Map) representing the Registrar General of India.
V.V.L.N. Sharma, Deputy Registrar General (Map), representing the Registrar General of India under the Union Home Ministry, delivered the keynote address.
Uma Mahadevan stressed the importance of the census, self-enumeration and comprehensive population coverage, particularly in municipal corporations and the Greater Bengaluru Authority. She said field-level and administrative challenges should be addressed through coordination so every eligible person is counted.
Ramachandran R, Director and Chief Principal Census Officer, reviewed preparations for Phase II and credited state officers, Principal Census Officers, Charge Officers and field staff with completing the House Listing and Housing Census phase across Karnataka. He said the census would provide population, social and economic data, including information on work, disability, migration and fertility, for evidence-based policymaking and development planning.
The release said the census process includes self-enumeration, house-to-house enumeration, a census of houseless people, a revision round, and related data collection and monitoring. Officials discussed census-block boundaries, timely recruitment and training of field staff, public participation and addressing misinformation.
Senior officials presented digital tools for Phase II, including a mobile application, the Census Management and Monitoring System, the self-enumeration portal and the Census Block Creation Portal. The conference also discussed provisions of the Census Act and rules, the training framework and categories of questions. The state government assured support for the exercise, the release said.
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