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  Aadhaar, Passport holder? You’ll have to share details for NPR. Here's why

  India | January 16, 2020 20:47 IST

  Holding Aadhaar card, Passport? then you must pay attention! Sharing of Aadhaar card, passport, driving license and PAN card details would become mandatory to update the National Population Register (NPR) for those who possess these documents, the Home Ministry sources clarified on January 15. Whereas, those who do not possess these documents in the first place, won't be asked to provide such details.

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  No documents will be asked or biometric taken for NPR: Home Ministry

  India | January 15, 2020 22:00 IST

  Amid concerns expressed by opposition parties and states like West Bengal on the National Population Register (NPR), the Home Ministry on Wednesday said no documents will be asked or biometric taken while updating the register.

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  SC to Jantar Mantar: Supreme Court lawyers hold protest march against CAA, NRC, NPR

  India | January 14, 2020 17:16 IST

  Supreme Court lawyers on Tuesday held a protest march in the national capital against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR). The lawyers marched from the Supreme Court till Jantar Mantar.

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  Maharashtra NGO wants SC to declare NPR as 'unconstitutional'

  India | January 13, 2020 21:54 IST

  The petitioner, a Maharashtra-based NGO called Minority Front, sought a direction from the top court to declare the NPR notification unconstitutional

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  NPR 2020 is a disguised NRC, Sonia Gandhi warns at CWC

  Politics | January 11, 2020 18:32 IST

  “Let us not be under any illusion. In form and content, NPR is a disguised NRC,” the Congress President said in her opening remarks at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in New Delhi

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  Open letter by over 100 retired bureaucrats: India doesn't need NPR, CAA

  India | January 09, 2020 18:26 IST

  Over 100 retired bureaucrats have written an open letter to the people saying that both the NPR and the NRIC are "unnecessary and wasteful exercises" which will cause hardship to the public at large.

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  PM Modi trying to divide country through CAA, NPR, NRC: Asaduddin Owaisi

  India | December 29, 2019 22:44 IST

  AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of misleading the people over the Citizenship Amendment Act, National Population Register and National Register of Citizens and alleged that he wanted to divide the country through these measures.

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  I will not fill NPR form, says Akhilesh Yadav

  India | December 29, 2019 16:21 IST

  Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said on Sunday that he would not fill the National Population Register (NPR) form. He asked his Samajwadi party workers to boycott the NPR exercise also.

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  Separate govt documents frame different versions of NRC-NPR link | Check Details

  India | December 28, 2019 7:40 IST

  Two separate documents released by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) within three months have different versions over connection between National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), with one saying the former a first step towards creation of latter while the other clarifying "no such proposal" linking the two exercises.  

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  Rahul Gandhi is liar of the year: BJP slams Congress leader over his remark on NPR

  India | December 27, 2019 18:19 IST

  The BJP on Friday slammed Rahul Gandhi for his claim that the National Population Register is a "tax" on the poor and said he is the "liar of the year" for his comments which have "embarrassed" people and his Congress party.

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  Hundreds of protesters marching towards PM Modi's residence stopped by police

  India | December 27, 2019 14:58 IST

  Protesters demanding the release of Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and others detained over Daryaganj violence took a protest march towards PM Modi's residence on Friday but were stopped by the police.

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  Left parties announce 7-day nationwide protests from Jan 1 against CAA, NRC, NPR; strike on Jan 8

  India | December 26, 2019 19:32 IST

  The Left parties on Thursday announced a seven-day nationwide protest from January 1 to 7 and a general strike on January 8 against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the National Population Register and the National Register of Citizens.

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  NPR will serve as database for NRC, furnish wrong names and addresses: Arundhati Roy

  India | December 25, 2019 20:39 IST

  Author-activist Arundhati Roy on Wednesday claimed that the National Population Register (NPR) will serve as a database for the NRC and asked people to oppose the former by furnishing wrong names and addresses. 

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  Amit Shah explains NPR, NRC, Citizenship Act: 10 takeaways

  India | December 25, 2019 8:20 IST

  Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday explained the difference between NPR (National Population Register) and NRC (National Register of Citizens). Clearing the Centre's stand, Amit Shah said the government is not even holding talks of implementing PAN-India NRC. Below are the highlights from what Amit Shah said on NPR, NRC and Citizenship Act.

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  No link between NRC and NPR, Amit Shah clarifies

  India | December 24, 2019 23:07 IST

  ​Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday clarified that there was no link between the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR).

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  No plans to prepare NRC on the basis of NPR data: Govt

  India | December 24, 2019 18:31 IST

  ​The government has no plans to carry out an exercise to prepare a National Register of Citizens (NRC) for the whole country on the basis of data to be collected during the updating of National Population Register (NPR) next year, PTI quoted officials as saying on Tuesday. 

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  NPR to be implemented across the country: 10 major cabinet decisions

  India | December 24, 2019 16:50 IST

  The government on Tuesday announced that it was going ahead with its decision to implement the National Population Register (NPR) across the country in 2020

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  Explained: What is National Population Register?

  Fyi | December 24, 2019 16:21 IST

  The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared the National Population Register. The National Population Register is set to commence from April next year. The National Population Register (NPR) is a Register of usual residents of the country. It is mandatory for every usual resident of India to register in the NPR.

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  Union Cabinet likely to consider proposal to allocate funds for NPR updation

  India | December 24, 2019 7:49 IST

  The NPR will be 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.

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  NPR being done for first time in 2021 census: Shah

  India | September 23, 2019 14:07 IST

  The 2021 census, also the 16th Indian census, will continue till February 2021 and culminate on March 1 midnight, Shah said while laying the foundation stone of Janganana Bhawan here.