The government had earlier announced inclusion of caste census in population survey. - Representational photo
NEW DELHI: The world's most populous nation India will conduct a census in 2027, its first since 2011, the government said Wednesday (June 4), which will also count caste -- a controversial accounting not done since the country's independence.
"It has been decided to conduct Population Census-2027 in two phases along with enumeration of castes," the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement.
