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Citizens asked to come forward for Biometric Enrolment

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Governor R S Mooshahary during the Biometric Enrolment of NPR on Friday.
Governor R S Mooshahary during the Biometric Enrolment of NPR on Friday.

SHILLONG: Governor RS Mooshahary on Friday asked residents of the State to come forward for their Biometric Enrolment in their respective Biometric Camps on the scheduled date and time and cooperate with the enrolment functionaries to make national exercise of Biometric Enrolment a success.

Governor Ranjit S Mooshahary along with his family completed the enrolment on Friday as his family was enrolled under the exercise.

The first phase of this national exercise was completed successfully in Meghalaya during 2010 along with the housing and house listing operations of 2011 census. The second phase of this exercise is the Biometric Enrolment of all usual residents of the age 5 years and above, during which photograph, ten finger prints and two iris images will be captured in the Biometric camps.

The preparation of National Population Register (NPR), first of its kind in the world, is of national importance. It has been undertaken under the provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955 and the Citizenship Rules, 2003. Its implementation has been entrusted by the union government to the Registrar General of India.

The National Population Register is a historic in the sense that it is a comprehensive identity database, has been created to ensure the security of the country and its citizens.

It may be mentioned that all usual residents will get “Aadhar”, the Unique Identity Number through this exercise.

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