OUR REPORTER | SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2015
SHILLONG: In what can be termed as good news for residents of Meghalaya, the process of biometric enrolment for the National Population Register (NPR) has started in certain parts of the State.
Government officials on Saturday informed that the enrolment process was progressing well in West Khasi Hills and people were coming forward for getting themselves registered under the NPR.
“We will soon resume the enrolment process in Shillong,” they said.
The enrolment process had to be put on hold when pressure groups, including the KSU, opposed the decision of the State Government to go ahead with the NPR implementation in the State.
The contention of the pressure groups was that ‘doubtful residents’ will get the opportunity to get themselves enrolled under the NPR.
Despite assurances and clarifications from the Government that enrolment under NPR was not to be tagged as enrolment for citizenship, the pressure groups remained adamant and even physically stalled the NPR enrolment process in some areas.
On the opposition of the pressure groups, the Government officials on Saturday asserted that they had asked the Government to conduct awareness about the NPR following which several awareness programmes had been organised across the State.
It may be mentioned that National Population Register (NPR) provides access to various government services and schemes through Aadhaar – unique identification number (UID).
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