Hyderabad/UNI: Union Minister of State of Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Thursday strongly condemned the deliberate and baseless misinformation campaign being spread by the opposition parties and a section of media that NPR is a precursor to NRC.
In a statement, Kishan Reddy clarified that there is no link between NPR and NRC.
"The present NPR is part of 2021 Census enumeration. We are just continuing the NPR exercise started by the UPA government in 2010 with just additions of three or four columns related to the place of birth of the parents of a person being enlisted, Adhar card no and last place of residence, which are basic requirements for NPR," he said.
"The opposition parties are playing a mind game of vitiating people’s faith in government and thereby derailing the process of progressive engagement which is mandatory for planning the nations welfare agenda, for the alleviation of poverty, effective grounding of welfare schemes including schemes like Ayushman Bhava," the Home Affairs Minister said.
"How does any government which is committed to the welfare of all can plan its policies without authentic and comprehensive data," he added.
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