Narrower margin for error in Census second phase, training vital, Registrar General says

The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI) has written to all States, saying that the margin for error during the second phase of Census 2027 is “narrower” as the questions are “numerous, sensitive, and more consequential”. The official also underscored the importance of rigorous training for the nearly 34 lakh enumerators and supervisors who will conduct the exercise.

In a letter sent on September 9, RG&CCI Mritunjay Kumar Narayan also asked for the integration of gender sensitisation in the training programme for enumerators, with an emphasis on respectful interaction, accurate recording, and strict avoidance of assumptions or bias.

The circular also said that self-enumeration would continue in the second phase. Enumerators and supervisors, most of whom are government school teachers and staff, will be trained to validate, edit and accept responses submitted through the self-enumeration portal and mobile application.