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Kerala government reiterates stand against NPR; issues fresh notification ahead of Census
Kerala's Left Democratic Front government maintains NPR suspension since 2019 amid national Census preparations and budget allocations for NPR and Census, officials said.
- On February 05, the Kerala government issued a fresh gazette reaffirming that all National Population Register activities remain suspended from December 20, 2019.
- Days after the Union Budget 2026-27 allocated Rs 6,000 crore for NPR and Census 2027, Kerala issued an order refusing NPR implementation amid speculation it would run with the Census next year.
- The Left Democratic Front government has long opposed NPR, having passed a resolution against the CAA and challenged it in the Supreme Court of India.
- With preparations for the national Census, the Left government plans to begin the April 2026 houselisting and housing phase, which will include the population-enumeration phase with NPR activity, complicating its refusal to permit such work.
- After a six-year pause, the Census phases concluding in 2027 position the debate, as critics view the NPR as a step toward a nationwide NRC, which the Union government denies planning.
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LatestlyNPR will not be implemented in state: Kerala Govt
Kerala had already ordered in 2019 that all procedures related to the National Population Register should be halted and that NPR would not be conducted alongside the census. The LDF government has consistently maintained this declared position.
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