Disability rights groups raise concern over Census enumeration framework

The disability questionnaire in Census 2027 should individually capture all 21 disabilities recognised under the RPwD Act, 2016.NEW DELHI: Disability rights organisations and activists have raised concern over the categorisation for enumeration of persons with disabilities under Census 2027, highlighting that the nine-category framework “fails to adequately capture this legal and social reality” of the 21 disabilities recognised under the law.The statement issued by National Platform for Rights of Disabled and backed by 405 signatories, states that “apart from leaving enumerators clueless, this exercise will produce inaccurate data and render entire groups of persons with disabilities invisible in official statistics.”They have demanded that the disability questionnaire in Census 2027 shou