NPR + Census + CAA + NRC Flashcards
NPR
national population register
The NPR is a register of usual residents of the country. It is mandatory for every usual resident of India to register in the NPR. It includes both Indian citizens as well as a foreign citizen. The objective of the NPR is to create a comprehensive identity database of every usual resident in the country. The first National Population Register was prepared in 2010 and updating this data was done during 2015 by conducting door to door survey.
who prepares the npr?
the Office of the Registrar General of India (RGI) under the Home Ministry.
which state doesn’t have npr?
assam
what is the first step towards the compilation of the nrc - national register of of indian citizens?
The exercise has been opposed by some States and citizen groups as NPR is the first step toward compilation of the National Register of Indian Citizens (NRC) according to Citizenship Rules, 2003.
Citizenship Rules
Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, notified on December 10, 2003,
the updated questionnaire (nov 2021) has some contentious questions. the 14 parameters on which citizen’s details will be collected are
14 parameters of all family members. The sub-heads include passport number, relationship to head of the family, whether divorced/widowed or separated, mother tongue, if non-worker, cultivator, labourer, government employee, daily wage earner among others. The form also has a column on Aadhar, mobile phone, Voter ID and driving license number, which are to be provided if available with the respondent.
why can’t the census details be used furnish this report?
While similar data is collected through Census, according to Section 15 of the Census Act, 1948, all individual level information collected in Census are confidential and “only aggregated data are released at various administrative levels
the npr is a ______________ database
electronic database
The updation of NPR and the first phase of Census — the House listing & Housing Census were to be conducted simultaneously from ——————— but the exercise was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
April-September 2020
the npr contains the details of both _______________ citizens
resident and non resident citizens
on how many points or parameters were details initially going to be collected?
The demographic details of every individual are required for every usual resident on 21 points which includes ‘date and place of birth of parents’, last place of residence, Permanent Account Number (PAN), Aadhar ( on a voluntary basis), Voter ID card number, Driving License Number and Mobile Number.
In the last NPR done in 2010, the data was collected on the 15 points and it did not include ‘date and place of birth of parents’ and last place of residence.
What is the difference between NPR and NRC?
The NPR is different from the National Register of Citizens which excludes the foreign citizens (citizens of other nationalities)
According to the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, notified on December 10, 2003, a Population Register is ‘the register containing details of persons usually residing in a village or rural area or town or ward or demarcated area (demarcated by the Registrar General of Citizen Registration) within a ward in a town or urban area. Whereas, the ‘National Register of Indian Citizens’ is a register containing details of Indian Citizens living in India and outside India.
The rules further say that ‘National Register of Indian Citizens’ shall contain the particulars of every citizen i.e. Name; Father’s name; Mother’s name; Sex; Date of birth; Place of birth; Residential address (present and permanent); Marital status ñ if ever married, name of the spouse; Visible identification mark; Date of registration of Citizen; Serial number of registration; and National Identity Number.
does the nrc include NRIs?
yes, like the npr
when was the citizenship act first passed?
1955
why won’t the npr be conducted in assam?
NRC; purpose is to document all the legal citizens of India so that the illegal immigrants can be identified and deported. It has been implemented for the state of Assam starting in 2013–2014. The Government of India plans to implement it for the rest of the country in 2021.
when will the census 2021 be conducted?
The Centre’s intent to conduct Census 2021 was notified in the Gazette of India on March 28, 2019. The exercise was to have been conducted in two phases, with the housing Census from April to September 2020 and population enumeration from February 9, 2021, but did not take place due to the spread of COVID-19.
what is housing census?
A housing census is the total process of collecting, compiling, evaluating, analysing and publishing or otherwise disseminating statistical data pertaining, at a specified time, to all living quarters and occupants thereof in a country or in a well-delimited part of a country.
when was the first census conducted in india
1881
A systematic and modern population census, in its present form was conducted non synchronously between 1865 and 1872 in different parts of the country. This effort culminating in 1872 has been popularly labeled as the first population census of India However, the first synchronous census in India was held in 1881, under W.C. Plowden (Census Commissioner of India).
what is the synchronous de facto method used to conduct censuses upto 1941?
done across the country in one night
The first synchronous census was done in 1881. … It is interesting to learn that the censuses from 1881 up to, and including, 1931 were conducted using a synchronous de facto method, meaning that the census was conducted throughout the country on a single night. This was given up from the 1941 census.
who is the father of the indian census
Henry Walter
2021 is the ___th census of india
16th (counting from 1881)
first digital census
