A  part Draft National Register of Citizens (NRC), Assam covering 1.90 crore persons out of 3.29 crore applicants has been  published on 31^st December, 2017  including names of those applicants in respect of whom the entire process of verification has been completed.  The remaining applicants are under various stages of scrutiny and after their verification is completed, another draft NRC will be published.  The NRC, Assam is being updated as per the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003.  This work is being carried out in a fair and objective manner. The final NRC will contain the names of all genuine Indian Citizens in the State of Assam.  The updation of NRC is being monitored by the Hon’ble Supreme Court.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in a written replies to questions in the Lok Sabha today.

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