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
Assam NRC News
HD Sarma appointed new NRC coordinator in Assam
The move comes after the incumbent, Prateek Hajela, was released from duty for inter-cadre deputation to Madhya Pradesh following a Supreme Court order.
Scapegoat Hajela
Trouble with NRC lies in its flawed vision. Now, Supreme Court must guard against its capture by political interests
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In Assam’s Muslim-majority Jania, NRC is on everyone’s mind
Congress spokesperson Rhituporna Konwar, however, exuded hope that the Congress would wrestle three of the four seats.
Before his transfer, Prateek Hajela had drawn criticism from state govt, BJP
Hajela drew the BJP’s ire earlier, too. Last September, he had suggested to the Supreme Court that five documents of the 15 List A documents of the NRC process be rendered ineligible in the ‘claims and objections’ round.
Assam NRC chief, criticised by state, moved out on SC’s order
The order was delivered by a bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde and R F Nariman. The court asked the competent authority to issue the notification for this “forthwith and in any case within seven days from today”.
Who is Prateek Hajela?
Prateek Hajela, a native of Madhya Pradesh, is a 1995-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre with B.Tech in Electronics from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
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'Seems they don’t want us to prove our identity': Same persons get multiple D-voter notices post NRC
Silchar MP and Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev also expressed concern over the shortage of infrastructure and feared that it would be very difficult to finish the task of hearing those excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) within the stipulated period of 120 days.
‘Mentally unstable’ man lodged in Assam detention camp dies
Currently, Assam has six detention centres but they are housed in district jails, together they hold 1000-odd people. A seventh centre, is under construction in Goalpara district.
For the 19,06,657 excluded, now a legal aid App to help contest NRC list
NRC eHandbook, available on Google Playstore, will act as a reference guide not just for lawyers and paralegals but even for journalists or researchers, who want to understand the NRC process.
How will you deal with 19 lakh 'non-citizens', Chidambaram asks Centre
The former Union minister also said the country is obliged to answer these questions as it celebrates Mahatma Gandhi's humanism.
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Assam NRC final list out: Assam NRC website crashes, people queue up at Seva Kendras
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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