Mysuru :

With enumerators collecting Aadhaar numbers from Mayor B.L. Bhyrappa and Deputy Mayor Vanitha Prasanna from their respective residences, the process of updating  and revising the National Population Register (NPR) with Aadhaar numbers, a project launched by the Directorate of Census Operations as per 2011 census, began in the city yesterday.

M.H.R. Khasimi, Deputy Director, Directorate of Census Operations, Bengaluru, led enumerators to the residences of Bhyrappa and Vanitha Prasanna and collected their Aadhaar numbers to launch the project.

Elaborating on the scheme, Khasimi said that updated NPR will be the mother database, thereby becoming the source of identification of individuals to avail benefits of various government schemes and programmes.

It is said that Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), which has identified 1,643 enumeration blocks, has roped in 548 enumerators for the purpose. These enumerators will visit every household and cross check the information already available in the register like names of family members, parents, date of birth, present address among others.

In case of corrections, the changes will be effected. During the course, the enumerators will collect information of the households not covered during the first phase of the drive when general details were collected, said MCC in-Charge Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) M.J. Roopa.

The MCC is tasked with the job in the city limits while the District Administration will take up the work in rural parts and the drive is expected to be completed before December, 2015. The NPR will be updated regularly in future by integrating details related to birth, death and marriage, it is said.

It is learnt that the Central Government, which has already created a NPR of the usual residents during first phase of the 2011 census as a first step towards creation of National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC), is now updating the database and seeding Aadhaar numbers to weed out illegal occupants, if any, to provide various benefits, it is learnt.

The residents are informed to be ready with their Aadhaar cards or acknowledgements issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). In cases of others, who do not possess the card, the authorities have requested citizens to co-operate by giving accurate and complete information to enumerators.

About NPR: The Government of India has created National Population Register (NPR) of ‘usual residents’ in the country during the I phase of the 2011 Census as a first step towards creation of National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC).

The legal basis of NPR is the Citizenship Act, 1955 and Citizenship Rules, 2003.

The electronic database — National Register of Usual Residents (NRUR) — of more than 119 crore usual residents of the country had already been created under NPR in English as well as in the regional languages. The field work for updating of NPR database and seeding of Aadhaar in NPR database will be for a period of one month in the State.

The NPR database would be updated regularly in future by integrating it with birth, death and marriage registration.

Database: The updated NPR would be the mother database, thereby becoming the source of identification of individuals for various government schemes/programmes, a press release said here.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Monday – November 16th, 2015