-The Hindu Business LinePushing the NPR in a restive atmosphere could compromise the integrity of socio-economic data
Growing incidents of violence on official enumerators as an offshoot of the still-continuing protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) have deepened fears that for the first time since Independence, India may not be able to carry out the decennial National Population Census. The Census, a primary source for a vast variety of socio-economic data that forms the basis of policy-making, has been imperilled by the atmosphere of suspicion that has led to people increasingly interpreting any kind of official enumeration as an exercise in carrying out the CAA/NPR/NRC.
Growing incidents of violence on official enumerators as an offshoot of the still-continuing protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) have deepened fears that for the first time since Independence, India may not be able to carry out the decennial National Population Census. The Census, a primary source for a vast variety of socio-economic data that forms the basis of policy-making, has been imperilled by the atmosphere of suspicion that has led to people increasingly interpreting any kind of official enumeration as an exercise in carrying out the CAA/NPR/NRC.
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