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Explained: What connects the NPR, NRIC and Census? -K Venkataramanan

-The Hindu * How is the National Population Register compiled? How is it related to citizenship and the decennial census? And, can States refuse cooperation with the NPR process? The story so far: As protests spread all across the country against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019 and the proposed National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC), West Bengal and Kerala suspended work related to the preparation and update of the National Population...

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IMF may significantly downgrade India growth forecast in January: Gita Gopinath

-PTI * While speaking at an event in Mumbai, the IMF chief economist also sounded doubtful about India achieving $5 trillion GDP target by FY25 * 'If you look at recent incoming data, we would be revising our numbers,' she said Mumbai: The International Monetary Fund is set to join other downbeat analysts and cut the growth estimate for India "significantly", its India-born chief economist Gita Gopinath said on Tuesday. The Washington-based institution had...

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Minorities within majority face persecution in Indian subcontinent -Vignesh Radhakrishnan

-The Hindu The Citizenship (Amendment) Act provides a path for citizenship to minorities (non-Muslims) from three Muslim majority nations - Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Data show that religious minorities, including Muslims, in other neighboring countries such as Myanmar, China and Sri Lanka also face persecution. In many countries, minority sects within the majority religions (including Islam) are also persecuted. According to UN estimates, there are over 51 lakh international migrants in India...

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New report shows that 90% of residents in Assam and 61% of residents in Meghalaya do not have Aadhaar

-Press release State of Aadhaar 2019, dated 25th November, 2019 The State of Aadhaar 2019 report is based on a nation-wide study that captures the experiences and perspectives of over 167,000 households across 28 states and union territories, making it the largest primary dataset on the use of Aadhaar and more broadly, the use of national digital ID in the world. November 25th, 2019, New Delhi, India: Dalberg, a leading social impact advisory...

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Aadhaar, 10 years on -Varad Pande & RS Sharma

-The Indian Express To achieve its full potential, it should be made easier and safer to use On September 29, 2010, Ranjana Sonawane, a resident of Tembhli in the tribal district of Nandurbar in Maharashtra received the first Aadhaar number. In less than 10 years, 95 per cent of the adult residents in India have gotten theirs. For a large number of these people, Aadhaar was the first usable ID, in the...

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