Assam govt writes to Centre demanding NPR exercise in the state

February 17: The Assam government has moved the Registrar General of India (RGI), expressing its willingness to be the part of nationwide exercise of preparing the National Population Register (NPR) in the state. In a letter to the Registrar General of India (RGI), the General Administration Department (GAD) of Assam has stated that the NPR would help the government in formulating the policies of various government schemes effectively.

Though the RGI will be carrying out the Census operation in Assam in 2021 it has decided to keep the State excluded from the NPR exercise in the same year. Sources informed that presently Assam has been excluded from the NPR exercise in view of the National Registrar of Citizens (NRC) update.

The NPR is a register of the “usual residents” of the country. It is being prepared at the local (village/sub-town), sub-district, district, state and national level under provisions of the Citizenship Act 1955 and the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003. The NPR will be conducted simultaneously with the Census in the other States and UTs of India.