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Digital Census and Self-enumeration through NPR Update

  • May 24, 2023
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Digital Census and Self-enumeration through NPR Update

Subject : Schemes

Concept :

  • The article discusses implementation of a digital Census and the option for citizens to self-enumerate through updating their National Population Register (NPR) details online.
  • Census 2021, the first digital Census, will allow citizens to “self-enumerate” when it is conducted.
  • The government has not announced the date for the Census yet, and a notification from January 2, 2023, indicates that the exercise is postponed until at least September.

National Population Register (NPR)

  • The NPR is a register that records the usual residents of the country.
  • It is prepared at various levels, including local, sub-district, district, state, and national.
  • The creation of the NPR is governed by the provisions of the Citizenship Act 1955 and the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003.
  • It is mandatory for every usual resident of India to register in the NPR.
  • A usual resident is defined as a person who has resided in a local area for the past 6 months or more, or a person intending to reside for next 6 months or more.

Scope:

  • The NPR exercise is conducted at the local, sub-district, district, state and national levels.
  • The NPR will collect both demographic data and biometric data. Biometric data will be updated through Aadhar details.
  • In the 2010 exercise, the RGI had collected only demographic details.
  • In 2015, it updated the data further with the mobile, Aadhaar and ration card numbers of residents.
  • For the 2020 exercise, it has dropped the ration card number but added other categories.

Differences between NPR and Census

  • The census involves a detailed questionnaire, collecting information such as age, sex, marital status, occupation, religion, and more.
  • The NPR collects basic demographic data and biometric particulars.
  • The census is governed by the Census Act, 1948, while the NPR operates under a set of rules framed under the Citizenship Act, 1955.
Digital Census and Self-enumeration through NPR Update Schemes

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