The line taken by the story is incorrect, without taking into account the factual position for conducting NPR.
Following is an explanatory thread on the same:
thehindu.com/news/national/…
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"Respondents to NPR exercise will get time to provide papers
families would need to dig out old documents and ensure that such documents are readily available for verification & enumerators would see those documents"
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Information provided by the individual would be accepted and recorded accordingly.
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