What is the difference between the Census and National Population Register?

What is the difference between the Census and National Population Register?

In 2010, the population enumeration for preparing a National Population Register along with the house listing operations of the Census of 2011, evoked frequent criticism of the NPR. The use of the National Population Register in Assam to prepare the National Register of Citizens wherein everyone had to prove their citizenship contributed to this criticism. In the process, the benefits of an NPR were ignored.A population register has been defined…