BHOPAL: Training of enumerators and supervisors for carrying out updation of National Population Register (NPR) 2020, continued in the state capital a day after Congress-led state government announced a

will not be implemented in the

.

“We have not received any directive or circular from the state government. The training is for upcoming census and also includes training for NPR 2020. Instruction manual for training for NPR 2020 being followed is the one released by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the union ministry of home affairs,” said Directorate of Census Operation Madhya Pradesh (DCO-MP), deputy director, Nitam Yadav. When contacted, DCO-MP director,

refused to comment.

Officials said they were unaware of CM

’s statement released on Monday by Congress party which said ‘NPR notified by the state government is not the one under CAA 2019, but as per provisions of CAA-1955s, 2003s rule 3’. It is further said that as per the state cabinet resolution on February 5 the NPR will not be implemented.

NPR is under provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955 and the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003.

However, after the Modi government came to power, seven new questions were added to the NPR (2003 Act) including the biometrics collected through Aadhaar and other questions were added to the NPR in 2015, raising doubts that this data will be used for NCR.

While no administrative circulars were issued and neither a fresh gazette notification to withdraw the earlier notification for NPR in MP, after the State Cabinet resolution, the district collectors continued with their NPR training as scheduled. The training for about 3,000 enumerators continued in

for the second day on Tuesday.

NPR 2020, has been opposed by various people including Congress MLA

after the Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s assurance that Congress ruled states will not implement NPR. The powers given to the enumerators have been question, who are being trained to ask controversial questions pertaining to details of place of birth of father, mother and spouse, Aadhaar, Mobile Number and other personal information. These did not figure in NPR 2011.