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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet today approved the scheme for creation of National Population Register (NPR) of usual residents of the country. The project would cover an estimated population of 1.2 billion and the total cost of the scheme is Rs.3539.24 crores.
The creation of digital database having identity details of all the individuals along with their photographs and finger biometrics will result in the creation of a biometrics based identity system in the country. The existence of such a database will enhance the efficacy of providing services to the residents under Government schemes/programmes as well as improve security scenario and check identity frauds in the country. The data collection will be undertaken along with House listing and Housing Census starting in April, 2010 and will be completed in a phased manner by September, 2010.
The collection of particulars of each usual resident will be undertaken by house-to house enumeration. The enumerators canvassing House listing Schedule of Census 2011, will canvass the NPR schedule also.
The filled in NPR schedule will be digitized in two languages – English and the official language of every State/UT. This will be followed by capture of photographs and 10 fingerprints of all those who are of age 15 years and above.
A printout of certain data fields and photographs will be displayed in villages in rural area/wards in urban areas for inviting objections from the public for corrections in spellings of names, date of birth, residency status etc. These objections will be disposed of through a series of appellate authorities at village, tehsil and district levels. T
he draft database will be placed before the Gram Sabha/Local bodies for authentication of usual residents. Once finalized, the NPR database will be sent to Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for biometric de-duplication and assigning of a unique identification number. This UID number will be added to the NPR database.
