Modi
Cabinet has approved for the updation census and the national population
Register or NPR on Tuesday last week.
The census
work shall begin in 2021, but NPR updation work, except Assam, shall commence
in April 2020 to September 2020 in all the 29 states and the 7 Union
Territories.
The
Ministry of Home Affairs has granted the proposal of expenditure fund Rs 3941
Crore for the updation of NPR and for the Census, Rs 8754.
What is the meaning of NPR or National Population Register?
NPR is a
register for the residents of India or the usual residents normally. The
registration of Indian origin residents is mandatory under the NPR. It is also
mandatory for the foreign citizen residents in India including Indian. The
intention behind NPR is to prepare the identification of a mass database of
people residing in India.
The first
ever NPR was prepared in 2010 and its updation work was done by going on survey
at the doors of every homes in year 2015. Now with the house listing phase in
the population census in 2021 shall run under once again updating from April
2020 to September 2020. This shall commence under the provisions of Citizenship
Law 1955 and Citizenship Rule 2003(Registration of Citizensd and Issue of
National Identity Cards) at villages, Panchayats, Districts, and States and at
National Level.
What means Usual Residents?
According
to the citizenship rule 2003, a usual resident is that who is residing since
past 6 months in the area or wants to live here more than 6 months. The
database what shall be prepared under NPR includes biometric information with
the population statistics. The Informations under this provision what shall be
taken are; namely, Aadhar, Mobile Number, PAN, Driving License, Voter ID and
Indian Passport Number. The sharing of Aadhar's Information has been given up
on people's own will by the ruling of SC. The informations what are going to be
collected under Population Statistics are -- Name, Relation with the Head of
House, Names of parent, Spouses of married, Gender, DOB, Single or Married,
Profession and the Educational Qualification.
In the last NPR which held in 2010 had
collected the information under 15 points, but had been collected no
informations regarding parents DOB and the birth place besides the residential
addresses. The NPR 2010 data collection work was done in the censul collection
of 2011.
What is census?
The
populations counting is done in the census work. It is done in every 10 years.
The census is the 16th Indian Population counting in 2021. The first of census
was held in 1872. However it is 8th of post Independence census. The data
collection of census of 2021 shall be the first ever to be done through using
mobile app.
What does differ in NPR and NRC?
The NPR
differs from the NRC or the National Register of Citizens. NRC does not include
the foreign citizens. The citizenship rules had been notified on December 10th,
2003. The NRC had been emmerged under this rule in which Indian citizens, who
are residing in India or out of India, are to be inlisted in 1 register. The
Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, had said last week on Tuesday that there is no
co-relation between NPR and NRC. He added even this that the NPR datas shall
not be used in NRC, but the annual report of home ministry released for the
year 2018-2019 that NPR is the first phase of NRC. However the Union Minister,
Prakash Javedkar, has said that the NPR is the census registration, nor the
citizen register.
He added that NPR has no relation
with the NRC. Many contradictory statements have been surfacing even from the
Government.
Which of the states have denied implementing the NPR?
The West Bengal
CM, Mamta Benerjee, have announced that she would not implement NRC and CAA in
her state. Mamta Benerjee had said, “The NPR work can not be commenced in the
state without the permission of state Government. The non-BJP ruling Government
after CAA have announced for the non-cooperation in the NPR and NRC.
Why has been Assam held isolate from the NPR?
NPR shall
not be applicable in Assam. NRC had been implemented in Assam and the illegal
immigrants had been arrested under this act. The purpose of NRC is to return
them back by identifying the illegal immigrants.
Why the NPR is being protested?
Many
political parties are to say that the NPR can’t be seen different from NRC in
the same way the statement about the CAA is that it should be looked as a
complement of NRC. Ali Imran Ramj, MLA OF Forward Block, has contended against,
“If you want to stop NRC, you have to stop NPR”. There has been hatching a
conspiracy or strategy to dispose the duo works in the name of census. If any
State Government is against NRC, it shall have to stop NPR. The then Home
Minister for States, Kiran Rujuju, on 23rd July 2014 had given a written
statement, “that the Government has decided to make National Register of Indian
Citizens”. This will be done on the basis of NPR.
