New Delhi, March 30 -- Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan on Monday emphasised that the individual data collected for the Census 2027 will be kept confidential under Section 15 of the Census Act, 1948.

Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan said that the data collected under the Census exercise cannot be accessed under the Right to Information or for court cases.

He said that the self-enumeration period for Delhi, along with several other states, will begin on April 1 and will go on till April 15, followed by April 16 to May 15 for the House Listing Census.

He said, "Census is a vast task to carry on. Census will be carried out in two phases, and this time ...