No documents will be asked or biometric taken for NPR: Govt

No documents will be asked or biometric taken for NPR: Govt

No documents will be asked or biometric taken for NPR: Govt

National Population Register (NPR) New Updates: Government has said that no documents will be asked for or biometric will be taken for National Population Register (NPR).

The objective of the NPR is to create a comprehensive identity database of every usual resident in the country. The database would contain demographic as well as biometric particulars.

The NPR exercise will be carried out between April and September 2020 in all states and UTs, except Assam, along with the house listing phase of the census exercise.

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