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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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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