National Population Register to be ready by December 31

NEW DELHI: The National Population Register ( NPR) is expected to be finalised by December 31.

At an all-India conference, the state governments and UT administrations presented the NPR progress report of their respective states and made various suggestions for completion of various NPR data in respect of each household.

Registrar General of Citizen Registration of India, Sailesh, who chaired the conference, said the next six months will be devoted towards final updation tasks and requested the state governments to ensure that these are completed and the NPR is finalised by December 31, 2016, an official spokesperson said.

The emphasis of the conference was to complete and publish the Population Register, which will form the basis for preparing the National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC).

The delegates deliberated on various aspects of implementation, quality control, monitoring, data entry, software interface etc.

After data entry, the designated state authorities will publish the Register at local levels and obtain claims and objections which will require to be disposed of through a quasi-judicial process.