Understanding NRC: What it is and if it can be implemented across the country
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In Assam, the Supreme Court mandated and monitored exercise caused widespread disruption. In the state, one first had to produce documentary proof issued before March 24, 1971 – like the 1951 NRC or electoral rolls up to March 24, 1971 – to prove that one’s ancestors were residing in India before that date.
ET Online|Last Updated: Dec 23, 2019, 11.05 AM IST
The pan-India implementation of the contentious National Register of Citizens (NRCNSE 2.22 %) is next on Amit Shah's list. The Union home minister pulled no punches when he said the exercise will weed out "all illegal infiltrators from India", a stance the BJP government has maintained since it came to power for the second time.
In Assam, the Supreme Court mandated and monitored exercise caused widespread disruption. In the state, one first had to produce documentary proof issued before March 24, 1971 – like the 1951 NRC or electoral rolls up to March 24, 1971 – to prove that one’s ancestors were residing in India before that date. The next step was producing documents for oneself to establish relationship with those ancestors. That could be a tough ask in a country with a poor documentation culture and crores of people with meagre financial resources.
How did Assam do it?
In Assam, one had to apply for inclusion. Whether or not will there be a similar option for a nationwide exercise, it's not yet clear. There's also no clarity on how documents will be processed for residents of different states, and what those documents will be, or if there will be a common set of guidelines for all of India.
The NRC update was a mammoth exercise involving over 52,000 state Government officials working for a prolonged period. Hundreds of NRC Seva Kendras (NSKs) were set up to process the documents under the apex court's watch. An applicant had to pick any one of the documents under two heads — list A and list B. The 14 documents in List A included:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/et-explains/is-a-pan-india-nrc-possible-the-lesson-from-assam/articleshow/72454225.cms?from=mdr
In Assam, the Supreme Court mandated and monitored exercise caused widespread disruption. In the state, one first had to produce documentary proof issued before March 24, 1971 – like the 1951 NRC or electoral rolls up to March 24, 1971 – to prove that one’s ancestors were residing in India before that date.
ET Online|Last Updated: Dec 23, 2019, 11.05 AM IST
The pan-India implementation of the contentious National Register of Citizens (NRCNSE 2.22 %) is next on Amit Shah's list. The Union home minister pulled no punches when he said the exercise will weed out "all illegal infiltrators from India", a stance the BJP government has maintained since it came to power for the second time.
In Assam, the Supreme Court mandated and monitored exercise caused widespread disruption. In the state, one first had to produce documentary proof issued before March 24, 1971 – like the 1951 NRC or electoral rolls up to March 24, 1971 – to prove that one’s ancestors were residing in India before that date. The next step was producing documents for oneself to establish relationship with those ancestors. That could be a tough ask in a country with a poor documentation culture and crores of people with meagre financial resources.
How did Assam do it?
In Assam, one had to apply for inclusion. Whether or not will there be a similar option for a nationwide exercise, it's not yet clear. There's also no clarity on how documents will be processed for residents of different states, and what those documents will be, or if there will be a common set of guidelines for all of India.
The NRC update was a mammoth exercise involving over 52,000 state Government officials working for a prolonged period. Hundreds of NRC Seva Kendras (NSKs) were set up to process the documents under the apex court's watch. An applicant had to pick any one of the documents under two heads — list A and list B. The 14 documents in List A included:
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