Centre may miss NRC deadline

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Centre may miss NRC deadline

News:

  1. Assam likely to miss deadline for publication of remaining draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Important facts:

2.The extended deadline is from June 30 to July 8.

3.Deadline extension was demanded because State is affected by floods.

4.The Registrar General of India will be responsible for publication of final list to segregate Indian citizens from who illegally entered the state from Bangladesh after March 25, 1971.

5.Those names that do not appear in the list cease to be Assamese citizens.

6.The claim for such cases would be held at Foreigners Tribunal.

7.There are around 100 such tribunals in the state.

8.The centre will provide more armed police forces to Assam as the deadline for the final draft nears.

National Register of Citizens(NRC):

  • NRC contains names of Indian citizens of Assam.
  • The NRC was prepared in 1951 after the Census of 1951.
  • The NRC updation of 2014-16 across Assam includes the names of those persons who appear in the NRC 1951 or in any of the Electoral Rolls till 1971.

Eligibility criteria for inclusion in NRC:

  • Persons included in the 1951 census
  • Persons on the Electoral Rolls up to midnight 24 March 1971
  • Descendants of the above-mentioned persons.
  • Persons who came to Assam on or after 1 January 1966 but before 25 March 1971 and registered themselves in accordance to the rules made by the Central Government with the Foreigners Registration Regional Officer (FRRO).
  • Those who have not been declared as illegal migrants or foreigners by the authority
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