9.7.14

Of NPR & Aadhaar....

Home minister Rajnath Singh told Lok Sabha that the government would prepare a National Population Register (NPR) incorporating all genuine Indian citizens and issue them national identity cards in a time-bound manner. “We have to identify who is an Indian citizen and who is not. We have to take steps to identify genuine Indian citizens,“ Singh said in reply to a question on infiltration along borders and counter-measures taken by the government. “The NPR will be prepared in a time-bound manner. NPR will identify who is Indian citizen and who is not. All genuine Indian citizens will get a national identity card,“ he added.
Elaborating on a recent meeting taken by the PM to synergize the NPR and Aad haar exercise, Singh said the National Registration Authority and UIDAI would work in mutual cooperation to prepare a comprehensive NPR database.
The PM's go-ahead to UIDAI to achieve a 100-crore enrollment target has ended the suspense over the fate of Aadhaar project under the new government. The UIDAI will now intensify enrollment in states like UP and Bihar. Meanwhile, the UIDAI Bill, which had been rejected by the parliamentary standing committee on finance headed by senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, will be revived and brought to Parliament for fresh approval.

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