The decision by Twitter to label National Public Radio (NPR) in the USA as “state-affiliated media,” which it then changed to “government-funded media” after a barrage of criticism, underscores the need to rethink the role of major social media platforms as critical gatekeepers in the public sphere.
The whole process of census-taking needs at least one year, and only thereafter will the provisional population figures be available. The break-up of the population into various social categories and workers and the related preparation of final tables will take further time. In fact, by the time the final religious tables start coming up, say in 2027, the Government will be busy preparing for the next census operation of 2031
The 2021-22 annual report, citing Covid-19 pandemic for the delay in updating the NPR and other field activities, stressed the need to update the NPR database across the country, except Assam.
The report, published on Monday (November 7), has underlined the need to update the NPR database across the country, except Assam.
Asaduddin Owaisi said, "It is already happening that you first give the long-term VISA and then they (minority community of Afghanistan) get citizenship."
Cabinet Minister Gopal Rai had moved the resolution in the Assembly earlier in the day against the NRC and NPR.
'No document needs to be submitted. You can give whatever information you have and leave the other questions blank,' Amit Shah said.
Bakshi, who is Trinamul Congress’ all India general secretary, did not contest in the Lok Sabha poll from his Kolkata (South) constituency.
2,193 people have been either detained or arrested in connection with the riots.
The said training is a routine exercise related to the conduct of housing census, scheduled to take place in Punjab in May-June, and had absolutely nothing to do with NPR, said an official spokesperson, rejecting media reports to the contrary.
