[march]National Population Register:

Question 1

What?

Answer 1

• Register of usual residents of the country.
• It is being prepared under 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.

Question 2

Who is a usual resident?

Answer 2

person who has resided in a local area for the past 6 months or more or a person who intends to reside in that area for the next 6 months or more.

Question 3

Objective

Answer 3

• Database of citizens

- first collected in 2010 and then updated in 2015.