The Congress on Monday (March 30, 2026) cited Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan's remarks that many Census data sets will be published in 2027, to claim that the grounds on which Constitution amendment bills are being sought to be "bulldozed" through Parliament are "false".
Mr. Narayan, the Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner, asked people to give accurate information to Census enumerators, asserting that the individual data will remain confidential and cannot be used as evidence or for getting any benefit under any scheme.
Census activities at an advanced stage, first phase to start from April 1: RGI
Addressing a press conference, Mr. Narayan said, "Earlier, data was collected on physical paper, which took a lot of time in digitisation. We will start getting digital data right from the start, hence we will be able to issue such data very early. Many data sets will be published in 2027 itself."
The government was planning to bring bills to ensure that the Nari Shakti Vandan Bill, passed in September 2023, is implemented even before the delimitation exercise for Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies, which can be carried out only after the census is completed.
