WHAT IS NRC? Do You need to know About NRC Facts?

WHAT IS NRC?

You have seen news on TV and read in Newspaper about NRC in Assam. 1,906,657 peoples are not in the list. What is NRC? why NRC in Assam? There are some facts about NRC.

• NRC means : National Register of Citizens
• Published by : Home Ministry
• First NRC : 1951
• Cut off Date : 1971
• First Update in NRC: 2013 After supreme court order
• National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a register containing names of all genuine Indian citizens.
• Eligibility for Registration in NRC

-Persons whose names appear in the NRC list of 1951
-Persons whose names appear in any of the Electoral Rolls up to March 24, 1971
-Descendants of the above persons
-People who came from another region on or after January 1, 1966 but before March 25, 1971 and registered themselves with the Foreigners Registration Regional Officer (FRRO) and were declared as Indian citizens by the Foreigner Tribunal
-All Indian citizens including their relatives who moved to Assam after March 24, 1971 (They need to provide proof of residence in another part of the country as on March 24, 1971)
-D’ voters can apply for inclusion of their names in the updated NRC (Their names will be included only when the appropriate Foreigner Tribunal declares them as non-foreigners)
-Persons who can provide any one of the documents issued up to midnight of March 24, 1971 as mentioned in the list of documents admissible for citizenship

Why NRC in Assam?