Topic: NPR

A Bill that proposes to allow the Registrar General of India to maintain a database on births and deaths and use that to update the National Population Register (NPR) to be tabled in the winter session of parliament that commences on December 7, report various media outlets.

Responding to news about the National Population Register (NPR), AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi Monday said that the anti-CAA-NPR-NRC movement will restart if NPR starts.

Alameda County, an American city has passed a resolution against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) by declaring laws "are discriminatory towards Muslims, caste oppressed minorities, women and indigenous people."

More than 1000 women, across India, have asked Chief Ministers of every state to de-link the NPR and the Census, sending enumerators out only with the census schedule, here today.

The Constitution of India has delegated the power to make laws on acquisition and termination of citizenship and all other matters relating to citizenship to the parliament of India under Article 11 of the Constitution. It was based on Article 11 of the Constitution, that the Government of India enacted The Citizenship Act 1955 to determine, grant and terminate the citizenship of the post-1950 generation.

The Aam Admi Party-ruled Delhi on Friday passed an Assembly resolution against the National Population Register (NPR) asserting that the majority in the country will be the biggest sufferers if the NPR is implemented.