Overview
- The field rollout, which began Thursday, starts door-to-door houselisting in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Odisha, Sikkim, NDMC and Delhi Cantonment.
- The Centre reported more than 12 lakh households have completed online self-enumeration so far, with new windows open April 16–30 in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and April 17–May 1 in Bihar.
- Enumerators are using a mobile app with 33 questions on housing, amenities and assets, and households that self-enumerated must give their Self‑Enumeration ID to confirm records.
- Early uptake varied by area, with NDMC and Delhi Cantonment logging about 5,000 self-enumerations, and officials planning evening visits and RWA outreach to reach working families.
- Chief ministers in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh completed self-enumeration to encourage participation, as officials reiterated strict confidentiality and no need to show IDs or share OTPs.