With the Union Cabinet-led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet on Tuesday, there is a strong possibility that after the CAA move, the Centre may now focus on NPR renewal. The government has been preparing for the National Population Register (NPR) amid the ongoing protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens(NRC). Under the NPR, a census will be conducted from house to house across the country from April 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020.

Its aim is to create a database of comprehensive identity of common residents of the country.

This data will also contain bio metric information along with demographics.

The NPR initiative started in 2010 under the Manmohan Singh government. Any resident residing in any area in the country for six months or more is required to register with the NPR.

On December 20, the Kerala government said it has ordered a stay on all activities in connection with the National Population Register(NPR) in the state considering ''apprehensions'' of public that it would lead to NRC in the wake of the controversial citizenship act

While a government order said the NPR had been put on holdin view of apprehensions that it would lead to the National Register of Citizens (NRC), a statement from the Chief Minister's Office said the action was taken as the NPR "deviates from Constitutional values" and also because the matter was before the Supreme Court.

According to the website of the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, the objective of the NPR is to create a comprehensive identity database of every usual resident in the country. The database will contain demographic as well as bio metric particulars.