- On March 5, Union Home Minister Amit Shah soft-launched four digital tools for the upcoming Census 2027 in New Delhi.
- During this event, the mascots "Pragati" and "Vikas"—symbolizing the equal participation of women and men in the census process—were also formally unveiled.
- The digital tools introduced include the House Listing Block Creator Web Application, the HLO Mobile Application, the Self-Enumeration Portal, and the Census Management and Monitoring System Portal.
- These advanced digital platforms have been developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) to facilitate enumeration operations across the country.
- The Government of India had notified its intention to conduct Census 2027 through a Gazette notification issued on June 16 of last year, thereby formally initiating the process.
- Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases and is the largest census in the world.
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