According to India’s Home Ministry, the National Population Register (NPR) will be the new favored national identification scheme. The NPR is a comprehensive identity database used for India’s census. “Home Minister Rajnath Singh directed that effective steps be taken to take NPR to its logical conclusion which is the creation of the national register of Indian citizens. He instructed that all necessary proposals, including the updating of the database through linkages with the birth and death registration system, and the
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