ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATE IN NEPAL ESTIMATION AND PROJECTION Projected population who attain the age of 16 (R) Projected number of citizenship certificates to be issued (P) Projected gap in distribution of citizenship certificates (Q) For each year, the projected gap in distribution of citizenship certificates would read as follows:- Year @)^( 2015 Projected population who k|To]s jif{ gful/stf attain the age of 16 k|df0fkq k|fKt ug{in that year (O) of]Uo ePsf] hg;+Vof 9! R1 Projected number of citizenship certificates to be issued (P) Projected gap in distribution of citizenship certificates in that year (Q) 0f!P t!Q1 @)&) 9@ 0f@ t@ @)&! 9# 0f# t# 2017 R3 P Q3 2018 R4 P Q4 2019 R5 P Q5 2020 R6 P Q6 2021 R7 P Q7 2016 R2 P Q2 The cumulative projection of persons without citizenship certificates in the year 2015 (S1) was calculated by adding the number of people without citizenship certificates in the year 2014 (N4) with the projected gap in distribution of citizenship certificates in the year 2015 (Q1). People without Citizenship certificate in 2014 (O3) Projected gap in distribution of citizenship certificates of 2015 (Q1) Projected Total number of people without citizenship of 2015 (S1) Subsequently, the cumulative projection of persons without citizenship certificates for the year 2016 (S2) was calculated by adding the number of people without citizenship certificates in the year 2015 (S1) with the projected gap in distribution of citizenship certificates of the year 2016 (Q2). For the remaining years, the calculation was done as described in the table below:- 15

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