• India
  • Sep 21

NRC published in August 2019 is final, rules Assam Foreigners’ Tribunal

• The National Register of Citizens (NRC) published on August 31, 2019 is the “Final NRC”, ruled a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) in Assam, even as the Registrar General of India is yet to notify it.

• Declaring a man Indian citizen, the tribunal in Karimganj district held that though National Identity Cards are yet to be issued, “but there is no doubt that this NRC Assam published in 2019 is nothing but Final NRC”.

What is NRC?

• The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is prepared as per provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955, and the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003.

• The process of updating the NRC had begun in 2015.

• The objective is to update the NRC, 1951 in Assam containing the names of persons whose names appear in any of the electoral rolls upto the midnight of March 24, 1971 or National Register of Citizens, 1951 and their descendants.

• The Supreme Court had directed for the preparation of the NRC in a time-bound manner, and the date for the completion of the process was fixed on August 31, 2019.

• The final list was published on August 31, 2019, with the names of 3.11 crore people. Over 19 lakh applicants were left out of it. 

• The Registrar General of India is yet to notify it.

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