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<ul><li><keyword id="101292" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Population-Register">National Population Register</keyword> (<keyword id="244501" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="NPR">NPR</keyword>), which will now have 21 questions, will include parameters like the date and place of birth of parents, last place of residence and mother tongue. </li><li>The members will have to give their voter ID number, driving license number to fill in the form. </li><li>The NPR exercise this year will exclude biometrics of all households. </li><li>The census exercise will take place from April to September 2020 across states and union territories except Assam.</li></ul>Amid opposition by political leaders and, state of West Bengal and Kerala, the Home Ministry drafted the guidelines for The National Population Register (NPR). ‘No papers will be asked’ A ministry official said that no papers will be asked while filing the NPR form. NPR, which will now have 21 questions, will include parameters like the date and place of birth of parents, last place of residence and mother tongue. The NPR exercise held in 2010 collected details on the basis of 14 parameters. The members will have to give their voter ID number, driving license number to fill in the form. However, the ministry has removed PAN (Permanent Account Number) details and Aadhar is optional this year. One of the major differences is that the NPR exercise this year will exclude biometrics of all households. "After a particular date in 2016, the biometric details were not collected by the RGI. There will be no biometric and no paper will be sought during the NPR exercise this time,” IANS<a href="https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/national/pan-info-removed-from-npr-questionnaire-mother-tongue-added"> reported</a>. As per the government officials, over 80% of people shared their Aadhaar details during the NPR ‘pretest’ exercise. The form will have to be attested by every household. However, if any false information is added to the form, they will have to pay a penalty of ₹1,000. The pretest form is ready but there can be an addition or subtraction of questions in the form before finalising and starting the process," Home ministry officials <a href="https://www.firstpost.com/india/before-finalising-and-starting-npr-last-minute-changes-in-the-pretest-form-possible-as-per-requirements-says-home-ministry-7914411.html">told</a> ANI. The census exercise will take place from April to September 2020 across states and union territories except Assam — because of an NRC exercise which is currently underway in the state. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/nrc-npr-and-caa-are-not-the-same-know-the-differences/articleshow/72963691.cms">NRC, NPR and CAA are not the same: know the differences</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/what-is-npr-national-population-register-the-center-says-npr-will-be-updated-before-september-2020/articleshow/72963649.cms">The center says NPR will be updated before September 2020: Here is what you must know about it</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/census-npr-objectives-characteristics-differences/articleshow/72953988.cms">Everything you need to know about the Census and National Population Register update</a>

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New Delhi, Mar 5 () A parliamentary panel has observed that there is a lot of dissatisfaction and fear among people on the upcoming National Population Register (NPR) and census and asked the government to have a national consensus on the two exercises to be carried out from next month so that there is absolute clarity and no apprehension in anyone's mind.The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, headed by Congress leader Anand Sharma, also said it would like the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to explore the feasibility of using the Aadhaar metadata for the Census and updating the NPR in 2020-21."The committee recommends that all the states and Union territories should be fully convinced on various issues pertaining to the NPR, which commences in April, to have a national consensus so that there is absolute clarity and no apprehension among people across the country, which will help in conducting these exercises in a smooth manner," the panel said in its report submitted to the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.The house-listing phase of the 2021 census and the exercise to update the NPR will be carried out from April 1 to September 30.The committee observed that there was a lot of dissatisfaction and fear among people regarding the upcoming NPR and census."The committee also feels that these apprehensions should have been duly ventilated in the media. The MHA must consider some way out so that the census goes smoothly. Otherwise, there is quite a chance of the entire process being stymied in many states," the report said.During its deliberations with MHA officials, the committee sought to know about the new parameters or new questions that have been put in the upcoming NPR and whether the states have been consulted or not and whether any effort has been made to build a national consensus as regards the changed parameters.The ministry submitted that during the process to update the NPR 2020, it was proposed to collect data on some additional aspects such as place of last residence, mother tongue, Aadhaar number (voluntary), mobile number, passport number (for an Indian Passport holder), voter identity card number, driving license number, date and place of birth of father and mother.Besides, the data on date and place of birth of parents was collected in the NPR 2010 as well for all parents who were enumerated within the household, the ministry said, adding that for the parents living elsewhere or expired at the time of enumeration, only the names were collected.To facilitate back-end data processing and making the data items of date and place of birth complete for all households, the details of parents are being collected in a more comprehensive manner in NPR 2020, the ministry said.The panel noted the submission of the MHA on the upcoming census and NPR and said it was not quite convinced with its reply that Aadhaar was an individual data and in order to create a family database, the NPR exercise was undertaken.The committee is of the opinion that Aadhaar is not just an individual's data but it is also tied up with ration card, pan card etc."The Aadhaar metadata also includes the entire family's surname, address etc. Therefore, the committee fails to understand as to why this should be treated as individual data only," it said.The panel observed that a huge amount was already spent on data collection under Aadhaar. But in the Budget Estimate 2020-21, an amount of Rs 4,568 crore was allocated for the Registrar General of India (RGI) for census 2021.The committee is of the view that Aadhaar data should be used in the upcoming Census to reduce duplicacy and wastage of expenditure.Replying to a question of the committee, the MHA said there was no proposal to undertake biometric identification in the upcoming census 2021. Further, it is forthe first time in the history of the census that census 2021 is going to be undertaken in the digital mode by adopting a mix mode approach for data collection.Enumerators can collect and submit data directly through a mobile app, using his or her smartphone or they can use a paper schedule to collect data and submit the same through a mobile app. Alternatively, the enumerators can also use a paper schedule only to collect and submit the data, it said. ACB RC

Par panel asks govt to have a national consensus on NPR, census to allay apprehensions

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"Generation Maria" feels strongly about the future and status of <keyword id="11994110" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="puerto-rico" source="Orion">Puerto Rico</keyword>.</li><li>In the aftermath of the storm, young Puerto Ricans are pushing for independence.</li><li>Two bill currently in Congress are designed to address Puerto Rico's status.</li></ul>Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico four years ago last month, but to Ismael Pagan Gonzalez, those three weeks post-disaster when he couldn't get in contact with his father on the <keyword id="11970797" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="island" source="Orion">island</keyword>, are as vivid as if they had just occurred. "Not being able to talk to my dad was very worrying for me," Gonzalez, a 21-year-old Florida State University student, told Insider. The tragedy, the aftermath of which Puerto Rico is still recovering from today, ignited Puerto Ricans living on the island and members of the diaspora living in the mainland US, per Gonzalez, who said, "Hurricane Maria gave us a stronger sense of being Puerto Rican." Though there is little comprehensive data speaking to the age breakdown of Puerto Ricans' status affiliations, it has been well-documented that <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/11/02/930323316/in-puerto-rico-young-voters-are-trying-to-shake-up-traditional-party-politics">young Puerto Ricans are leading a crusade for political change</a> that has only accelerated in the aftermath of Maria.<div type="image" title="hurricane maria puerto rico" height="1665" width="2221" msid="86848151" hostid="261"></div>While Puerto Ricans often hold complicated and nuanced views towards the island's political status that are not adequately reflected by existing labels, several young Puerto Ricans told Insider how the hurricane and related crises have pushed them towards the independence movement. "Hurricane Maria was the biggest example that the island can do things on their own, especially for our generation," Angelica Martinez, a 20-year-old who grew up in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, told Insider. "We didn't have electricity, food, and water and we were able to come together, be resilient, and resist with minimal help from the US," she added. Martinez, who is pro-independence and who does not want Puerto Rico to become a state, said that no matter their political affiliation, her generation, which is sometimes referred to as "Generation Maria," has "already been through so much" and that it's "done with being in the middle of a status that doesn't have real meaning." From pro-independence, commonwealth, and statehood, Puerto Ricans navigate different identities Generally there are three main positions among Puerto Ricans: pro-independence, pro-commonwealth, and pro-statehood. There are two main political parties on the island: the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), which advocates for Puerto Rico's status as an unincorporated territory and the New Progressive Party (PNP), which is pro-statehood. A growing number of voters support the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), according to the <a href="http://elecciones2020.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_93/index.html#es/partyvotes/Votos.xml">Puerto Rico State Commission on Elections. </a>"I pretty much have always been pro-statehood," Francisco Proskauer Valerio, a 23-year-old who grew up in Guaynabo and who has <a href="https://changeresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Puerto-Rico_DC-Memo.pdf">conducted polling on Puerto Rico's status as a data analyst for Change Research</a>, told Insider. "But young people generally skew toward independence and are anti-commonwealth.""Almost no one my age is for the commonwealth," he added. "The island's youngest voters have come of age during a recession that has driven an exodus of half-a-million people - largely young adults - to the mainland United States," wrote Adrian Florido of NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/11/02/930323316/in-puerto-rico-young-voters-are-trying-to-shake-up-traditional-party-politics">last year</a>. "The past four years alone have arguably been the most tumultuous in Puerto Rico's modern history." As both Valerio and Florido suggest, the independence movement has picked up steam among younger Puerto Ricans, many of whom are adamant that Puerto Rico is not so much as US territory as it is a US colony. "As Puerto Ricans living on the island, there's this mental shift between life before Hurricane Maria and life after it," Tatiana Mena Ramos, a 25-year-old who is pro-independence, said. "Witnessing this dynamic between the US government and the island and how certain restrictions and parameters made it harder for Puerto Rico to deal with the hurricane was a catalyst for many people to start taking these conversations about status more seriously," she added. Bibiana Torres, 21, also cited Hurricane Maria as a turning point, during which she was exposed to the "many specific moments" where the island's economy has been "intentionally crippled" by the United States. She mentioned the Jones Act, which mandates that all goods shipped between US ports must be carried on US ships - a law that significantly hurts Puerto Rico's bottom line, per <a href="https://money.cnn.com/2017/09/28/news/economy/jones-act-puerto-rico/index.html">numerous studies. </a><div type="image" title="puerto rico hurricane maria" height="1666" width="2222" msid="86848155" hostid="261"></div>"Seeing the consequences of all those things play out after Hurricane Maria solidified for me that if we had never been associated with the US we'd have a lot stronger economy and would have been able to take care of Puerto Rico much more effectively after the hurricane," Torres, who is pro-independence, said. While many young Puerto Ricans gravitate towards independence, there are some who don't feel fully represented by any movement or status labels. "I think sometimes people just follow what the main people say," Angélica Nahir Martínez Miró, 26, said. "Right now it's a little bit complicated. I don't feel that I'm part of statehood but I don't feel like it should be as we are right now.""That leaves me with independence, but I don't think right now Puerto Rico is at that step," Miró added. "It could start but I don't think it should go that way." Young Puerto Ricans continue to fight for a better future Congress, for its part, has introduced bills regarding Puerto Rico's status: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1522">the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act</a>, which would make the island a state, and the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/puerto-rico-not-congress-must-determine-its-future-our-bill-ncna1238032">Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021</a>, which proposes a "status convention" made up of delegates elected by Puerto Rican voters that would devise solutions about the island's status. Meanwhile, longstanding divisions about the future of Puerto Rico remain both in the mainland US and on the island persist.Young Puerto Ricans, many of whom have become activists or who hope to pursue political careers, are not staying silent, however. Just as young activists coalesced to address the <a href="https://theintercept.com/2019/09/20/climate-strike-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria/">immediate needs of their communities in the aftermath of Maria</a>, they are joining together today to reimagine a viable path forward for the island. "We're not scared to raise our voices and say what's wrong or right for us," Martinez said. "That's something very powerful our generation has that will eventually help us."

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