early times report Samba, Nov 16: In order to update National Population Register (NPR) data base and seeding of Aadhar number in NPR data base pertaining to all usual residents of district Samba. Additional District Development commissioner, Samba Vivek Sharma briefed the participants about the background, objectives, Methodology etc of the National Population Register scheme. He informed that under the Provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955 and Citizenship Rules, 2003, the Union Government of India has decided to create a National Population Register (NPR) of all the 'usual residents' in the country as a first step towards creation of a National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC). The NPR is envisaged to be comprehensive electronic database of all usual residents in the country which would be the basis for selection of beneficiaries under various Government Schemes/ programmes. She further informed that electronic database of more than 119 crore usual residents of the country has already been created under NPR in English as well as the Regional Language.
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