The Citizenship Act, 1955 provides the Central Government to compulsorily register every citizen of India and issue National Identity Card to him. It has been decided that National Population Register (NPR) should be completed and taken to its logical conclusion, which is the creation of National Register of Indian Citizen (NRIC) and National Identity Card would be issued to Citizens by verification of citizenship status of every usual resident in the NPR. The proposal for the same are under consideration of the Government.
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