Guwahati, Sept 1: More than 19 lakh applicants have been left out of the final and updated
National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam, which was published on Saturday.
Out of 3.30 crore applicants, over 3.11 crore names were included in the final list of the citizenship document.
“Taking into account all the persons already included and after disposal of all Claims and Objections and proceedings under Clause 4(3), it has been found that a total of 3,11,21,004 numbers of persons are found eligible for inclusion in Final NRC leaving out 19,06,657 numbers of persons including those who did not submit claims,” a statement issued by NRC state coordinator Prateek Hajela informed here.
A total of 3,30,27,661 members applied through 68,37,660 applications.
The process of receipt of NRC Application Forms started during the end of May 2015 and ended on August 31, 2015.
As per Orders of the Supreme Court, Draft NRC (Complete Draft) 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 under Clause 4(3) of the Schedule of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003.
Objections were received against inclusion of 1,87,633 persons whose names had appeared in Complete Draft.
Another Additional Draft Exclusions List was published on June 26, 2019, wherein 1,02,462 persons were excluded.
The process of NRC Update, with midnight of March 24, 1971, as cut off date, was started in Assam as per order of the Supreme Court of India in 2013. Since then, the Apex Court has been closely monitoring the entire process.
More than 52,000 state government officials were involved in the updating work, carried out at a cost of over Rs 1200 crore.
“The entire process of NRC update has been meticulously carried out in an objective and transparent manner. Adequate opportunity of being heard has been given to all persons at every stage of the process. The entire process is conducted as per statutory provisions and due procedure followed at every stage,” the NRC statement said.
The status of both inclusion and exclusion can be viewed online in the NRC website (www.nrcassam.nic.in).
The hard copies of the Supplementary List of Inclusions will be available for public view at NRC Seva Kendras (NSK), offices of the Deputy Commissioner and offices of the Circle Officer during office hours.
“Any person who is not satisfied with the outcome of the claims and objections can file appeal before the Foreigners Tribunals,” the statement added.
