No documents or biometric required for National Population Register (NPR): Home Ministry

No documents or biometric required for National Population Register (NPR): Home Ministry

• The Government has informed that no documents will be asked and no biometric will be taken for National Population Register (NPR) exercise to be carried out between April and September 2020.
• The NPR is a register of usual residents of the country.
• The NPR exercise will be carried out in all states and UTs, except Assam, along with the house listing phase of the census 2021 exercise.
• The Union Cabinet has approved Rs. 3,941.35 crore for the NPR exercise.
• Assam has been excluded because the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise has already been conducted in the state.