All about National Population Register

The Union Government has approved Rs. 3,941.35 crore for updation of National Population Register. Here's everything you should know about NPR.

The NPR is a list of "usual residents" of the country. A "usual resident" is defined for the purposes of NPR as a person who has resided in a local area for the past six months or more or a person who intends to reside in that area for the next six months or more.

The data for National Population Register was first collected in 2010 by the then UPA government and it is to be done every 10 years.


The NPR will be prepared at the local (village/sub-Town), sub-district, district, state and national level under provisions of the Citizenship Act 1955 and the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003.


It is mandatory for every usual resident of India to register in the NPR.

According to the government, you don't have to give proof for NPR nor biometric particulars will be collected

The objective of the NPR is to create a comprehensive identity database of every usual resident in the country.