National Register of Citizens in Assam

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The National Register of Citizens in Assam is an official list intended to identify Indian citizens and detect undocumented immigrants in the state, compiled through a controversial and large-scale verification of residents’ ancestry and documentation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf citizenship register
government program
public policy measure
administeredBy Government of Assam
appealMechanism Foreigners Tribunals in Assam
appliesToTerritory Assam
controversialFor alleged discrimination against minorities
documentation burden on poor and rural residents
family separations in citizenship status
risk of statelessness for excluded persons
country India
criticizedBy United Nations human rights experts
linked to: Special Rapporteurs

civil society groups in India
human rights organizations
cutoffDateForInclusion 24 March 1971
dataSource 1951 National Register of Citizens
electoral rolls up to 24 March 1971
dataType personal identification data of residents of Assam
finalListPublicationDate 31 August 2019
focusesOn detection of illegal immigration from Bangladesh
implementedBy Office of the State Coordinator of National Registration, Assam
languageOfAdministration Assamese
Bengali
English
legalBasis Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003
Citizenship Act, 1955
linkedTo detention centres for declared foreigners in Assam
monitoredBy Supreme Court of India
notableEvent Supreme Court of India ordered time-bound update of NRC
notableEventDate 2013
originatesFrom Assam Accord, 1985
linked to: Assam Accord
overseenBy Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
peopleExcluded approximately 1.9 million applicants
peopleIncluded approximately 31 million applicants
primaryPurpose detect undocumented immigrants in Assam
identify Indian citizens residing in Assam
referenceDateForCitizenship 24 March 1971
relatedTo Assam Movement
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
Foreigners Act, 1946
requires legacy documents
linkage documents
proof of ancestry
scope all residents of Assam claiming Indian citizenship
status implemented and under legal and political review
supervisedBy Registrar General of India
supportedBy sections of Assamese nationalist groups
timePeriodOfUpdate 2015–2019
verificationProcess house-to-house verification of applicants
scrutiny of documentary evidence of residence and ancestry

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Assam Movement relatedTo National Register of Citizens in Assam
Assam Accord relatedTo National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam
linked to: National Register of Citizens in Assam
National Register of Citizens in Assam appealMechanism Foreigners Tribunals in Assam
linked to: National Register of Citizens in Assam
Shaheen Bagh protestIssue National Register of Citizens
linked to: National Register of Citizens in Assam
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 linkedTo National Register of Citizens
linked to: National Register of Citizens in Assam