Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the preparation for the forthcoming Census with the Union Home Secretary and other senior officials in New Delhi yesterday. Mr Shah said in a social media post that the gazette notification of the census will be issued today. The census will include caste enumeration for the first time. The Home Minister said as many as 34 lakh enumerators and supervisors and around 1.3 lakh census functionaries will conduct the operation with cutting-edge mobile digital gadgets. The Census will be conducted in two phases.
