NRC- NATIONAL REGISTER OF CITIZENS
The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a register
maintained by the Government of India containing names & certain relevant
information for identification of all genuine Indian citizens. The register was
first prepared after the 1951 Census of India and since then it has not been
updated till recently.[1][2][3]
The North-East Indian state of Assam has become the first
state in India where the updation of the NRC is being taken up to include the
names of those persons whose names appeared in the NRC, 1951 & still alive
and/or of their presently living descendants having permanent residence within
the state.
PURPOSE OF NRC:
The purpose of NRC update is to identify Indian citizens
from among all the present residents of the state thereby leading to
identification of illegal migrants residing in the Country, who entered into it
after the midnight of 24 March 1971. However the fate of those who would not be
able to get his or her name entered in the register is now a matter under
judicial and legislative consideration and more or less uncertain.
GUIDELINES NRC UPDATE
NRC is updated as per the provisions The Citizenship Act,
1955[24] and The Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National
Identity Cards) Rules, 2003 (As amended by 1. G. S. R. 803(E), dated 9 November
2009 (with effect from 9/11/2009.), Ministry of Home Affairs (Office of
Registrar General, India), Order No. S.O. 596(E), dated 15 March 2010,
published in the Gazette of India, Extra, Part II. No. 504 S.3(ii), dated 16
March 2010 p. 1.). As per the two statutes, the eligibility status would be
ascertained based on the NRC, 1951, Electoral Rolls up to 1971 and in their
absence the admissible documents up to 24 March (midnight) 1971.
The mechanism adopted to update the NRC 1951 has been
developed from scratch owing to the fact that there is no precedence of such a
mammoth task ever undertaken in India or elsewhere that involved identification
of genuine citizens and detection of illegal immigrants using technology since
it involved data of over 3 crore people and over 6.6 crore documents. The
guidelines under which NRC Update has been taken up is as follows –
The process of NRC Update is divided into the following
phases:
1) Publication of Legacy Data
2) Distribution
& Receipt of Application Form
3) Verification
Process
4) Publication
of Part Draft NRC
5) Complete
Publication of Draft NRC
6) Receipt and
Disposal of Claims & Objections
7) Publication
of Final NRC
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR NRC
Who are eligible for inclusion in the updated NRC?
1) Persons whose names appear in NRC, 1972
2) Persons whose names appear in any of the Electoral Rolls up
to 24 March (midnight), 1971.
3) Descendants of the above persons.
4) Persons who came to Assam on or after 1 January 1966 but
before 25 March 1971 and registered themselves in accordance with the rules
made by the Central Government with the Foreigners Registration Regional
Officer (FRRO) and who have not been declared as illegal migrants or foreigners
by the competent authority.
5) People who are original inhabitants of Assam and their
children and descendants who are citizens of India provided their citizenship
is ascertained beyond a reasonable doubt by the registering authority.
6) ‘D’ voters can apply for inclusion of their names in the
updated NRC. However, their names will be finally included only when the
appropriate Foreigner Tribunal declares them as non-foreigners.
7) Persons who can provide any one of the documents issued up
to midnight of 24 March 1971 as mentioned in the list of documents admissible
for citizenship.
8) All Indian Citizens including their children and descendants
who have moved to Assam post 24 March 1971 would be eligible for inclusion in
the updated NRC on adducing satisfactory proof of residence in any part of the
country (outside Assam) as on 24 March 1971.
9) All members of the Tea Tribes shall be covered under
‘Original inhabitants of Assam’ category provided for under Clause 3(3) of the
Schedule of The Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National
Identity Cards) Rules, 2003.
10) All such original inhabitants shall be included on the basis
of proof to the satisfaction of the Registering Authority. On the establishment
of the citizenship of such persons beyond a reasonable doubt, their names shall
be in the updated NRC. So every Indian should needed of nrc.so it is must for
every Indian.
Two Set Of Documents had to be furnished by Applicants For Inclusion in the updated NRC.
List A Documents-
List B Documents-
List A Documents Are -
For inclusion of names of any person in updated NRC, the
applicants must produce any one of the following List A documents issued before
24 March (midnight), 1971 where the name of self or ancestor appears (to prove
residence in Assam up to 24 March (midnight), 1971):
1951 NRC
Electoral
Roll(s) up to 24 March (midnight), 1971
Land &
Tenancy Records
Citizenship
Certificate
Permanent
Residential Certificate
Refugee
Registration Certificate
P
Any Govt. issued
License/Certificate
Govt. Service/
Employment Certificate
Bank/Post Office
Accounts
Birth
Certificate
Board/University
Educational Certificate
Court Records/Processes
Further, the following two documents are also accepted as
supporting documents if accompanied by any one of the documents listed above:
Circle Officer/GP
Secretary Certificate in respect of married women migrating after marriage (can
be of any year before or after 24 March (midnight), 1971).
Ration Card
issued up to the midnight of 24 March 1971 can be adduced as supporting
documents.
List B Documents-
If any of the documents of List A is not of the applicant
himself/herself but that of an ancestor, namely, father or mother or
grandfather or grandmother or great grandfather or great grandmother (and so
on) the applicant then have to submit List B documents to establish
relationship with such ancestor, i.e., father or mother or grandfather or
grandmother or great grandfather or great grandmother etc. whose name appears
in List A. Such documents shall have to be legally acceptable document which
clearly proves such relationship. The applicants must produce any one of the
following List B to establish the linkage:
Birth
Certificate
Land document
Board/University Certificate
Bank/LIC/Post
Office records
Circle
Officer/GP Secretary Certificate in case of married women
Electoral
Roll
Ration Card
Any other
legally acceptable document
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