Tech can help process census data within 9 months; Mobile apps to be used for count Bharat News

New Delhi: Final population data from census 2027 may be available as the end of 2027, thanks to the ‘Digital’ mode being introduced for capturing and processing the dataset in the upcoming exercise.Sources in the government indicated that unlike the census 2011, when the final population data took almost a few years to publish at the national, state, district and taluk levels, complete with gender-wise break-up, the village estimates that the time interval between the completion of the census in March 2027 and the final population could be shortened as nine months to release data.

The government recently declared March 1, 2027 as a new reference date for the upcoming census. However, as it started in 2020, the Kovid epidemic forced the government to capture the decadel exercise. Census To use the app to collect data Census 2027 will be held in two phases – Ghar -Listing phase in 2026, followed by a population census phase in February 2027.For the first time, census data will be collected digitally, using a mobile phone app in 16 languages ​​(Hindi, English and 14 regional languages). Sources said that these apps have been made simple and user-friendly for both enumerators and citizens, as the latter will also have the option to self-reunite. Enumerators will no longer have to schedule heavy paper in the field.With technical use, data to get ready immediatelyThe census program will mostly have pre-coded reactions. On mobile apps, various options will be available from the dropdown menu. Apps provide a negligent facility to go on a pre-fierce census house record and allow the same to edit the same. Applications will reduce the burden of abstract, summary and repetition of other affiliated functions. Mobile applications and intelligent characters Recognition (ICR) are used to organize mostly unarmed data with the help of data processing, will be immediately ready for processing without logistics in addition to the entire data schedule.For the first time, a separate code directory will be provided to enable easy data collection regarding many questions asked in the second phase of the census (population calculation). For questions associated with descriptive/non-numeric entries, a separate code directory with potential reactions and codes has been designed for each possible answer.With digital census, a census management and monitoring system (CMMS) portal has been developed by the RGI’s office to monitor smooth conduct, management and exercise.