National Population Register Current Affairs, GK & News
Census improbable in 2020
Indian census which is considered to be the largest administrative and statistical exercise in the world seems improbable this year. This year the first phase of the census to update the National Population Register (NPR) was scheduled which got postponed due to current COVID-19 outbreak. Indian Census in brief The Indian Census is decennial in ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Census • National Population Register • NPR
Bengal becomes the fourth state to pass resolution against CAA
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act was legislated by the Parliament during this winter session. However, several states are agitating over the non-inclusion of Muslims in the law. Kerala was the first state to pass a resolution against the act. Recently, the state of West Bengal has passed similar resolution. Highlights After Kerala, Punjab and Rajasthan, West ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Biometric Data • Citizenship Act 1955 • Citizenship Amendment Bill • National Population Register • NRC • States
Census India-2021 to be conducted through Mobile App
The 16th Indian Census will begin on 1st April this year for which the Government of India has decided to move away from the traditional pen and paper to a digital method by using an android based mobile application in which the enumerators will be visiting households to seek information from the citizens of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Census 2021 • Government of India • Himachal Pradesh • Jammu and Kashmir • National Population Register • Uttarakhand
NPR Data collection in Odisha in April-May
The National Population Register (NPR) exercise will be initiated from 16th April to 31st May this year in Odisha under which some new features related to parents such as Date and Place of Birth of parents will be added. The National Population Register was previously recorded in 2010 under which enumerators had recorded data from ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Biju Janata Dal • Chief Minister of Odisha • Kerala • National Population Register • National Register of Citizens of India • Naveen Patnaik • Odisha • West Bengal
Outreach Drive to Address Concerns about CAA begins today
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be conducting 30 rallies across the country to address the concerns raised by the opposition parties over the conflation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the NPR- National Population Register. The first rally in the series of 30 starts today, 3rd ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Amit Shah • Bharatiya Janata Party • Citizenship Amendment Act • Jodhpur • National Population Register • NRC • Union Home Minister of India