Voluntary NPR info needed for backend processing: MHAThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs stated that it recommends all states and Union territories should be fully convinced o...
NPR drive: 21 departments, 50 celebrities to reach out to massesIn the midst of concerns being raised about the NPR, the RGI, which conducts the enumeration exercise for census and updation of NPR, has w...
Karnataka census officials seek outreach plan for NPRThe house listing phase of the Census and updating of NPR will be rolled out simultaneously by mid-April in the BJP-ruled state. About 150,...
NPR form may remove penalty clauseThe Registrar General of India may do away with a clause in the National Population Register form that stipulates imposition of fine on any...
View: Political critique of NPR misses its importance in social benefit deliveryThe National Population Register (NPR), which is under the political spotlight now, is a crucial link in this chain that has changed the wa...
States against NPR query on parents’ birth date, placeThe governments of Rajasthan, Kerala, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, all non-Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states, have lodged protes...
Govt says no documents to be asked for NPR updateThis is the first time census and NPR data is being captured digitally via mobile applications.
PAN column dropped from NPR ‘after 30-lakh sample tests’73 districts were covered in the test, where samples of nearly 30 lakh individuals were collected. In 80% cases, respondents provided detai...
NPR 2021: Head of family will have to furnish ID detailsThe nationwide NPR is to be held from April 1 to September 30 to record the ‘usual residents’.
NPR manual says exercise won’t confer citizenshipNew manual of instructions issued for enumerators says NPR data will not confer a right to citizenship
NPR authorities examining ways to allay NRC fearsThe final decision to bring a disclaimer in the NPR form or its parameters would be taken by the next month, sources said. On Tuesday, Unio...
Government bites NPR bullet, says not linked to NRCThe 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...
NPR says no to states seeking access to its dataThree states — Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan — had asked for NPR data to help in ‘identifying genuine beneficiaries’ for their welf...
National Population Register to be ready by December 31At an all-India conference, the state governments and UT administrations presented the NPR progress report of their respective states.
Government chalks out Rs 951 crore budget to link NPR data with Aadhaar numbers by March 2016The Rs 951 crore exercise is expected to finally link the NPR with Aadhaar data and will be completed by March 2016, a senior home ministry...
- Government asks UIDAI to use biometric data gathered by the home ministry
The direction came a week after a strongly-worded letter from home minister P Chidambaram to the prime minister.
- Government asks UIDAI to take RGI data after P Chidambaram's complaint
Government today directed the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to accept the biometric data collected by Registrar-General ...