NEW DELHI, Dec 24:
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved an amount of Rs. 3,941.35 crore for updation of National Population Register (NPR) and Rs. 8,754.23 crore for the exercise of Census of India 2021. Addressing reporters here, I&B minister Prakash Javadekar said that NPR has been accepted by all states already. It’s nothing new. This has to happen every three years. “Anyone who stays in India will be counted in NPR,” Mr Javadekar said.
“It is self declaration, no document, bio-metric etc required for it,” he added. (PTI)
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