Bhubaneswar, Nov. 13: The process of registering citizens in the National Population Register (NPR) for issuing biometric cards will start on November 15. The move is aimed to create a personal database of people enumerated under the latest Census. The process will end by December 31, 2012.

According to Census 2011, the provisional figures have put the city’s population at 8,81,988. To be organised under the administrative supervision of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, the process will include people who were already given receipts during the Census enumeration. First, the Census data will be digitised through specialised information technology tools.

Therefore, when the people with Census receipts visit the designated centres for biometric data inclusion, the digitised data and the biometric samples will be incorporated through a common database. Electronics Corporation India Limited (ECIL) will manage the IT logistics for the capital.

City Census Officer for NPR and deputy municipal commissioner Priyadarshi Mohapatra said: “Though every family or house has been given one receipt, each individual will be entitled to a biometric card under the NPR provisions.”

The biometric data needed for a citizen will include photograph, iris of both eyes and prints of all fingers.

The corporation will open at least one centre in each ward across the city to include all the citizens.

However, currently the civic body is planning to have biometric inclusion centres at the enumeration blocks (EBs) only in slum pockets so that the city can first know the population of its economically weaker sections.

According to NPR provisions, if a citizen fails to reach the biometric inclusion camp because of disability or illness, then the biometric data can also be collected from his residence. The ECIL technical team will take necessary steps for this.