Updation of NPR to begin in Bihar on May 15, 2020 : SuMo

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Patna : The updation process of the National Population Register (NPR) will be carried out in Bihar from May 15 to May 28, 2020. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi (SuMo) has said that administrative and punitive action would be taken against officials if they refuse to carry out the NPR.

Modi on January 4, 2020, said the NPR process in 2020 will be carried out between April 1 to September 30, 2020, across the country and in Bihar it will be carried out between May 15 and May 28, 2020.

The West Bengal and Kerala governments have decided to put the exercise on hold in their respective states. The process of preparing NPR began in 2010 during the UPA regime which was completed between April 1 to September 30 that year, Modi said. The Centre is updating the NPR 2010 in 2020 just before the 2021 census, he added. NPR and NRC are two different things, he said.

Modi dared West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Kerala CM P Vijayan not to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the NPR if they can. No state including West Bengal, Kerala, and Rajasthan can refuse to implement the CAA or NPR as the Centre has the power to bring legislation over citizenship, the Bihar Deputy Chief Minister asserted. Preparing NPR is a statutory provision which no state can refuse to implement, Modi said.