New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- The Centre notified on Friday a list of 40 questions to be asked of respondents during the population enumeration phase of the Census. It includes first-time queries on caste.

The Population Enumeration (PE) is part of the second phase of the Census 2027. "Comprehensive caste enumeration will be done during the Population Enumeration phase," the Centre had said earlier.

In reply to the Rajya Sabha earlier this week, the government said that the population enumeration in Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, will take place from September 1 to 30, according to a gazette notification issued earlier this month.

Now, the latest order from Registrar General ...