The full form of NRC is the National Register of Citizens. It is a process aimed at removing illegal immigrants from India. The NRC process was recently completed in Assam. It is the register containing names of Indian Citizens in Assam, i.e. a list of Indian citizens lives in Assam.
However, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced in the Parliament in November that the NRC will be implemented all over India.
The Full Form of NRC is: National Register of Citizens
It is updated to include the names of these persons who appear within the NRC, in Electoral Rolls up to the midnight of 24th March 1971 or during a document issued up to midnight of March 1971, that’s a symbol of their presence in Assam or the other a part of India on or before 24th March 1971.
The names included within the NRC, 1951, or in an Electoral Roll up to the midnight of 24th March 1971 together are called Legacy Data. Accordingly, there are two conditions for an individual’s name to be included within the updated NRC list of 2018 are as follow:
- the person’s name should exist in the pre-1971 period or in the legacy data.
- The person should prove linkage with a person whose name appears in the legacy data.
What is the eligibility criteria under NRC?
- A person should be on the Electoral Rolls up to midnight 24 March 1971
- A D voter can apply to be included if he or she is declared non-foreigner by an appropriate Foreign Tribunal.
- A person should be included in the Census of 1951
- A person, who can provide any one of the documents mentioned in the list of documents and issued up to midnight on 24 March 1971, is eligible for citizenship.
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