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Census 2027

Current Affairs for Week 37 of 2026

  1. Manipur to update its NRC with 1951 as the base year

    Home Minister Konthoujam Govindas told the 60-member Assembly on 7 September that the National Register of Citizens in the State would be updated using 1951 as the base year. The Centre had recently deferred the Census in Manipur, where Meitei and Naga bodies want the NRC completed before enumeration and delimitation.

    Source: The Hindu

Current Affairs for Week 36 of 2026

  1. Census 2027 advanced in four poll-bound States, deferred in Manipur

    The Union government on 5 September advanced the Population Enumeration phase of Census 2027 in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa to 16 November 2026 to 4 January 2027, ahead of the nationwide enumeration set for February 2027. The Census in Manipur was formally deferred “till further declaration”.

    Source: The Hindu