No document to be collected during NPR exercise: Govt
Team Udayavani, Feb 4, 2020, 3:24 PM IST
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday made it clear that no document will be collected during the updation of the National Population Register (NPR) and providing Aadhaar number during the exercise is only voluntary.
The government is in discussion with the states having concerns with regard to the preparation of the NPR. The demographic and other particulars of each family and individual are to be updated/collected during the exercise of updation of NPR.
“No document is to be collected during the updation of NPR,” he said replying a written question.
The minister also made it clear that during the NPR updation exercise, no verification will be done to find individuals whose citizenship is doubtful.
The NPR exercise will be carried out across the country along with the house listing phase of the Census 2021 from April 1 to September 30, 2020.
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