In the first phase, the officials will focus on house listing and housing conditions. This involves collecting data on 33 parameters, including building materials, access to basic amenities like electricity and clean water, and ownership of assets such as smartphones and vehicles.
Every building will also be geo-tagged to ensure complete geographic coverage and an accurate reflection of the country's infrastructure.The second phase, scheduled for early next year, is to focus on the population, gathering detailed demographic and socio-economic data. This includes recording age, education, and occupation for every individual. By capturing migration patterns and fertility data digitally, the officials hope to form a comprehensive profile of India's evolving population, which is already considered the largest in the world.