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Assam NRC
The National Register of Citizens (NRC), prepared in 1951, contains the names of all Indian citizens. To stop the illegal migration in border states, the updation process of NRC was started in 2013 on the direction of Supreme Courtand was completed in July 30, 2018. Any person, whose name does not appear on the 1951 NRC list, will be declared an illegal migrant and faces deportation or jail.
The NRC exercise has become highly controversial, especially in Assam, where the base year of identifying citizenship is 1971, under the Assam Accord. People whose names appear on any voter list in Assam up to March 24 midnight, 1971 are eligible for NRC.
The exercise has come under scrutiny as many people, whose forefathers and relatives were mentioned in the original list, fail to find their name in the updated draft. With the final draft set to be published on August 31, people in Assam are running against time to prove their nationality.
The NRC exercise has become highly controversial, especially in Assam, where the base year of identifying citizenship is 1971, under the Assam Accord. People whose names appear on any voter list in Assam up to March 24 midnight, 1971 are eligible for NRC.
The exercise has come under scrutiny as many people, whose forefathers and relatives were mentioned in the original list, fail to find their name in the updated draft. With the final draft set to be published on August 31, people in Assam are running against time to prove their nationality.
ASSAM NRC NEWS
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March 24, 2024 9:54 am
The crisis created by alphabets, numerics and alpha-numerics has assumed proportions that may threaten national interest and, even, national security.
Row in Assam over delimitation: Oppn flags NRC, Census, 'devaluing' of minority vote; BJP hails proposal
June 23, 2023 5:27 pm
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says EC's draft protects interests of 'indigenous communities' and that 'a better delimitation...is not possible till the number of seats are increased'
‘China tightening grip in region’: Top cops cite CAA, ‘big brother’ attitude as reasons
January 29, 2023 12:35 pm
Most officers argued that on one hand China’s disproportionate economic and military might have had an obvious impact on realigning relationships in India’s neighbourhood, on the other hand, the Communist nation is increasingly being seen as a bulwark against India.
SC to decide on constitutional validity of Citizenship Act’s Section 6A: What this section is
January 12, 2023 8:01 am
The plea before the Supreme Court challenges one of the core elements of the Assam Accord, which determines who is a foreigner in the state, and the basis of the final National Register of Citizens in Assam, published in 2019.
Assam NRC head HD Sarma: Hajela baiter, no stranger to controversy
May 23, 2022 1:52 am
In his complaint lodged with the police last Thursday, state NRC coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma seemed to have gone a step further, alleging that Hajela had deliberately introduced errors in the NRC and thus “endangered national security”.
NRC coordinator files complaint: Hajela put national security at risk
May 21, 2022 8:26 am
HD Sarma alleged that the former Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator Prateek Hajela “facilitated entry of names of ineligible persons into the NRC” by intentionally avoiding “mandatory quality checks”.
Give doubtful voters, whose names are in NRC, voting rights: Assam Cong MP in new private member's Bill
December 04, 2021 5:54 am
🔴 Abdul Khaleque, who represents Barpeta constituency in lower Assam, introduced the 'Doubtful Voters in the State of Assam (Special Provisions) Bill, 2020' in the ongoing Winter Session of the 17th Lok Sabha.
Assam eviction violence: 33-yr-old’s family in dark on video that went viral; 12-yr-old dies on way to get Aadhaar
September 25, 2021 12:59 am
Moinul’s family, huddled under a makeshift shelter put together with two aluminium sheets, a few kilometres away, says they haven’t seen the video, nor have they seen his body so far.
Assam eviction drive: Protester stomped on as police watch, DGP says will act if any violation
September 24, 2021 7:54 am
Asked what action would be taken against the policemen in the video, Assam Special DGP G P Singh said: “Wherever there were violations of SOPs and protocols, police will take action.”
Judiciary must re-examine how it has viewed citizenship question in Assam
September 24, 2021 8:36 am
Aman Wadud writes: Citizenship is an important right; in fact, the most important right because it is the right to have other rights. But that’s not how the pillars of Indian democracy have treated citizenship.
ASSAM NRC PHOTOS
Assam NRC final list out: Assam NRC website crashes, people queue up at Seva Kendras
August 31, 2019 12:46 pm
Assam’s final National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published Saturday. Of the 3.3 crore applicants, over 19 lakh were excluded from the final list.
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