No document to be collected during NPR update: Government"No document is to be collected during the updation of NPR 2020," Rai, the Union Minister of State for Home, said replying to a written que...
18 Mar, 2020, 05.58 PM IST
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...
06 Mar, 2020, 10.48 AM IST
No decision on NRC: Govt in Lok SabhaThe Centre has not taken a decision on preparing a nationwide NRC at present, minister of state for home Nityanand Rai said in a written re...
05 Feb, 2020, 08.10 AM IST
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...
30 Jan, 2020, 08.48 AM IST
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...
18 Jan, 2020, 07.40 AM IST
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...
16 Jan, 2020, 07.58 AM IST
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’.
02 Jan, 2020, 06.35 PM IST
All about National Population RegisterThe 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...
27 Dec, 2019, 08.34 PM IST
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...
25 Dec, 2019, 07.30 AM IST
Top officials discuss strategy to carry out census exerciseThe 2021 census will be conducted through a mobile phone application, moving away from the traditional pen and paper.
11 Oct, 2019, 11.33 AM IST
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...
28 Dec, 2017, 06.48 AM IST
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...
30 Jun, 2015, 04.06 AM IST
Home Minister Rajnath Singh discusses how to bring synergy between Aadhar and NPRThe issue was discussed threadbare at a high-level meeting convened by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and attended by Law Minister Ravi Shanka...
03 Jul, 2014, 04.59 PM IST
- 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.
08 Jun, 2012, 01.04 AM IST
- 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 ...
07 Jun, 2012, 05.39 PM IST
Nandan Nilekani's UID 'bad', but what about home ministry's NPR?The committee asked how Nilekani-led UID project had been collecting personal info from millions of people without taking permission of par...
25 Dec, 2011, 01.15 PM IST
- Home Minister P Chidambaram wants cabinet panel meet on UID
Union home minister P Chidambaram has sought an immediate meeting of the Cabinet Committee on UID to discuss the security risks.
19 Nov, 2011, 04.31 AM IST