NRC

(With inputs from agencies)

GUWAHATI: The much-awaited updated Final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was released on Saturday, excluding names of 19.07 lakh applicants , including those who did not submit claims. Names of 3.11 crore applicants were included in the final NRC, the NRC State Coordinator's office said.A total of 3,30,27,661 persons applied for NRC through 68,37,660 applications.As soon as the final list of the National Register of Citizens in Assam was published, people in large number rushed to the NRC Seva Kendra in Barpeta district on Saturday to check their names. The people were seen standing in serpentine queues to check their names on the final NRC list at the Center."All the names of my family members are there in the list except my daughter-in-law. Though we had submitted all the documents to the authorities. We do not have any idea how this has happened. Will go through the process again," a local named Motiurrahman said.The final list was published at 10 am and the hard copies of the Supplementary List of Inclusions are available for public viewing at theSeva Kendras (NSK), offices of the deputy commissioner and offices of the Circle Officer during office hours, the statement said. The status of both inclusion and exclusion of the people from the list can be viewed online on the NRC website, www.nrcassam.nic.in.The process of NRC update started in Assam as per order of the Supreme Court in 2013 under the monitoring of the apex court. The process of receipt of NRC application started during the end of May 2015 and ended on August 31, 2015."The exercise of NRC update is a mammoth exercise involving around 52,000 state government officialsworking for a prolonged period. All decisions of inclusion and exclusion are taken by these statutoryofficers. The entire process of NRC update has been meticulously carried out in an objective andtransparent manner. Adequate opportunity of being heard has been given to all persons at every stageof the process. The entire process is conducted as per statutory provisions and due procedure followedat every stage," NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela said in a statement.Any person who is not satisfied with the outcome can file appeal before the Foreigners Tribunals within 120 days. Assam government has earlier said those left out of the NRC will not be detained under any circumstances until the Foreigners Tribunals declare them as foreigners.The complete draft NRC was published on July 30, 2018, wherein 2,89,83,677 numbers of persons were found eligible for inclusion. Thereafter, claims were received from 36,26,630 numbers of persons against exclusions. Verification was also carried out of persons included in draft NRC.Objections were received against inclusion of 1,87,633 persons whose names had appeared in complete draft.On June 26 this year, another Additional Draft Exclusions List was published on where 1,02,462 persons were excluded.Assam, which has faced an influx of people from Bangladesh since the early 20th century, is the only state having an NRC which was first prepared in 1951.Read this report in Marathi