How is it different from Census and NRC?

♤ The exercise is different from the decennial Census and is not linked to the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

♤ Census doesn’t ask for individual identity details, and at the end of the day, is a macro exercise. The NPR, on the other hand, is designed to collect identity details of every individual.

o Census data is protected by a confidentiality clause. The government has committed that it will not reveal information received from an individual for the headcount. NPR would serve as the mother database to verify citizenship if a nationwide NRC is carried out later.

♤ Unlike the NRC, the NPR is not a citizenship enumeration drive, as it would record even a foreigner staying in a locality for more than six months.