New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- The Centre on Friday notified a set of 40 questions to be asked during the exercise of the population enumeration phase of Census 2027, with specific mention of "caste enumeration" for all communities for the first time since Independence, marking a major departure from previous decennial censuses.

The notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs through the Office of the Registrar General, India, on Friday lists the information to be collected from every person through the Household Schedule. It includes details on caste, religion, education, employment, migration, family and other demographic parameters.

Caste enumeration has emerged as a major feature of the Indian Census 2027. The inclusion of caste at q...