Coronavirus impact: Centre postpones process of updating NPR, Census 2021

With the 21-day lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 having come into force, the Centre on Wednesday postponed the process of updating the contentious National Population Register (NPR) and the first phase of the Census 2021.

The house listing and housing enumeration of the Census 2021 and NPR were slated to be carried out simultaneously from April 1 to September 30.

There have been widespread protests across the country since mid-December against the amended Citizenship Act (CAA), NPR, and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

In the wake of the lockdown, protesters have vacated most protest sites, including the one in the national