Department of Information and Public Relations

Press Release No. 219/16

ENROLLMENT OF NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER (NPR)

The Deputy Commissioner of West Jaintia Hills has informed that the District Administration will start enrollment of National Population Register (NPR) very soon. Registration for all Government Officers and staff within West Jaintia Hills District will be on the 10th of May, 2016 at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Jowai. For the General public sensitization and awareness programe will be held and KYR+ (Know Your Residence Plus) forms will be distributed to all localities via their respective headmen. Locality wise camps will also be set up, details of which will be intimated at a later stage for collection of bio-metric data of all residents who are of the age of 5 years and above. All usual residents are required to attend the NPR camp, even if their bio metrics has been captured under Aadhaar, those already enrolled with Aadhaar are to bring their Aadhaar letter/ enrollment slip to the NPR camps. For those who have not enrolled yet under UIDAI, Aadhaar will be generated through NPR. It is proposed to issue Resident Identity (Smart) Card bearing the Aadhaar number under NPR. Under the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016, “No Core biometric information, collected or created under this Act shall be shared with anyone for any reason whatsoever or used for any purpose other than generation of Aadhaar numbers and authentication”. Hence privacy concerns have been duly addressed in the Act. Misusing the data under the Act has been made punishable offence. Aadhaar number does not confer any right or proof of citizenship or domicile and it is to be used as a proof of identity only. Also under the Act, “Consent of an individual would be obtained for his identity information during enrollment and authentication”. If anybody has any doubt and concerns about Aadhaar number he or she may approach the Deputy Commissioner’s Office during office hours or whatsapp to 9436394363 or through facebook in District Administration West Jaintia Hills page.