The Election Commission of India (ECI) assured the Supreme Court that names have not been deleted from the Assam electoral roll on the basis of their exclusion from the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC), which was published in July last year.
About:
NRC 1951: It is a register which covers person enumerated during the 1951 Census. It includes houses or holdings in serial order and also contains the names and number of people staying in these.
Objective behind updating and publishing the 1951 NRC:
To compile a list of the names of genuine Indian citizens residing in Assam and
In the process, detect foreigners (esp. Bangladeshis) who may have illegally entered the state after March 24, 1971.
Criteria: NRC is being updated to include persons or their descendants whose names were in
The National Register of Citizenship 1951
In any of the Electoral Rolls up to the midnight of 24th March 1971
In any other admissible documents issued up to the midnight of 24th March 1971.
For a person’s name to be included in the updated NRC list of 2018, he/ she will have to furnish:
Existence of name in the legacy data: The legacy data is the collective list of the NRC data of 1951 and the electoral rolls up to midnight of 24 March 1971.
Proving linkage with the person whose name appears in the legacy data.
On 30 July 2018, the Complete Draft NRC was released. The total number of persons included in the Complete Draft NRC is 2,89,83,677 leaving a total of 40,70,707 as ineligible for inclusion.
The persons whose names do not appear in the Draft NRC, may file claim application within a stipulated period at the NRC Seva Kendras (NSKs) where the Application Form was submitted.
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