India, March 5 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday unveiled the enumerator mascots Pragati (female) and Vikas (male) and four digital tools for the 2027 Census, whose first phase, or house listings, will begin from April 1. The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing has developed the digital tools to facilitate enumeration operations.

"The mascots 'Pragati' (female enumerator) and 'Vikas' (male enumerator) were unveiled to serve as friendly, relatable faces of the Census 2027. These mascots also symbolise the equal participation of women and men in fulfilling the resolve to make India a developed nation by 2047. Through these mascots, information, objectives, and key messages related to Census 2027 will be disseminated in ...