National Population Register (NPR)
The NPR is closely linked to the census exercise and has been a subject of constitutional and political debate.
- The NPR is a register of usual residents of India, maintained under the Citizenship Act, 1955 and the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003.
- It is updated alongside the Houselisting phase of the census.
- The NPR aims to create a database of demographic and biometric particulars of every usual resident (including foreigners).
- Controversy: Concerns have been raised that the NPR is a precursor to the National Register of Citizens (NRC), leading several state governments to pass resolutions declining to update the NPR. The government has maintained these are separate processes.
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