India, April 30 -- A training programme for Census 2027 personnel in Gautam Budh Nagar has flagged absenteeism, with officials warning of disciplinary action after 24 personnel missed a mandatory session earlier this week.

The training is being conducted at GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management in Knowledge Park-IV to prepare enumerators and supervisors for the first phase of the census exercise, including house listing and housing database preparation, officials said.

It was a three-day training which started on Tuesday. Around 3,000 personnel, including enumerators and supervisors, are being trained in batches under the coordination of Greater Noida authority.

Officials said during one of the initial sessions, 24 out of 225...