In the first phase of the census â involving housing and houselisting operations â those opting for self-enumeration were not able to submit the form with blank fields

NEW DELHI: Census authorities are considering allowing persons self-enumerating for the population enumeration phase of Census 2027 to submit a partially filled form online.

The census application anyway allows the enumerator to access the filled-up form and change any wrongly entered data. So why can't he access a partially filled-up form and fill in the few remaining fields during the house visit, saving time and effort?" an officer told TOI.

Bharti Jain is senior editor with The Times of India, New Delhi. She has been writing on security matters since 1996. Having covered the Union home ministry, security agencies, Election Commission and the âprimeâ political beat, the Congress, for The Economic Times all these years, she moved to TOI in August 2012. Her repertoire of news stories delves into the whole gamut of issues related to terrorism and internal strife, besides probing strategic affairs in Indiaâs neighbourhood.