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New Delhi: The rehearsal for the second phase of Census of India 2027 has introduced an “open column” for respondents to record their caste, indicating how caste enumeration may be carried out during the nationwide exercise. Officials sources involved in the process told The Hindu that while Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Schedules Tribes (STs) will continue to be recorded using pre-existing community codes, other respondents are being asked to state their caste in an open field, with the enumerators recording the response as provided.

This marks the first time the population census is testing a possible methods to record caste details for all communities, though officials have stressed that the format being used during the trial is not the final framework.

The trial, which commenced on Monday (July 6) across 16 states and Union Territories, is testing the Population Enumeration........

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