Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 6 -- The Kerala government has issued a fresh order clarifying that the National Population Register (NPR) will not be implemented in the state under any circumstances as part of the upcoming national census.

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 Left Democratic Front (LDF) government has consistently maintained this declared position.

Since census operations were suspended nationwide due to the pandemic, preparations to resume the exercise next year have raised speculation that NPR might also be conducted alongside the census.

In this context, the state government has now ...