A controversy broke out over the additional questions included in the pretest exercise for the NPR amid the ongoing row over changes to the citizenship law and the National Register of Citizens. It has, however, being speculated that most of the additional questions would let government bodies cross-refer this database with others. “As of now it seems that data will be collected on all 21 parameters in the new NPR form. Officially, the government has sought to delink the population register from the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The government gets the power to build and update the population register from the Citizenship Act and the rules and regulations notified under this law.

Source: Hindustan Times January 01, 2020 07:33 UTC