-The Hindu The Centre-State conflict over CAA in some places may lead to a fresh debate on the federal question The recent political developments around the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) have revealed some of the most significant crevices of Indian federalism. Soon after the protests erupted, several State governments occupied by Opposition parties or partners of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared that they would...

-The Hindu Date, place of birth of parents are new features in the exercise BHUBANESWAR: Come April, you need to answer when and where your parents were born. The National Population Register exercise, which has been initiated in Odisha, will have some additional questions about parents. The data for the NPR, widely dubbed by the Opposition parties a step towards preparing the controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC), will be captured between April...

-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...

-The Hindu The decision comes in the wake of apprehension that updating the NPR would eventually lead to the preparation of the National Register of Citizens Following the footsteps of West Bengal, the Kerala Government has decided to put on hold all proceedings for updating the National Population Register (NPR). The Government decision comes after The Hindu broke the news of updating of the register on Friday. The State Government has in principle decided...

-The Indian Express The chief ministers of five Opposition-ruled states — West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, Punjab’s Amarinder Singh, Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh’s Bhupesh Baghel and Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan — have already opposed both the CAB and NRC. Bhubaneswar, New Delhi: A WEEK after his MPs voted for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday opposed a countrywide National Register of Citizens (NRC), swelling the number of chief ministers...