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The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a register of all Indian citizens and the purpose of the NRC is to document of all Indian citizen and identify the illegal immigrants of other countries in India. It is implemented only for Assam state staring in 2013-14 and will be implemented nationwide by 2021.
Before going to the national register of citizens of India first we have to understand the citizenship in India
Citizenship in India
What are the legal provisions? with respect to acquisition and termination of citizenship of India, all are mentioned in citizenship ACT, 1995.
Indian citizenship can be acquired by the following below-mentioned points
- Birth
- Descent
- Registration
- Naturalization
- Deprivation
- Termination
- Renunciation
- Incorporation of territory
- Acquisition of another country
Who is a Citizen of India?
- As per the citizenship act 1955, every person born in India
- on or after the 26th day of January 1950
- On or after 26th January 1950, but before the commencement of the Citizenship
- On or after such commencement, shall be a citizen of India by descent if either of his
parents is a citizen of India at the time of his birth:
National Register of Indian Citizens
The Registrar General of Citizen Registration shall establish and maintain the National Register of Indian Citizens.
The National Register of Indian Citizens shall be divided into two sub-parts consisting of the State Register of Indian Citizens, the District Register of Indian Citizens.
The National Register of Indian Citizens shall contain the following particulars in respect of every Citizen, namely:-
- Name
- Fatherís name
- Motherís name
- Sex
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Residential address (present and permanent)
- Marital status and if ever married, name of the spouse
- Visible identification mark
- Date of registration of Citizen
- The serial number of registration
- National Identity Number
Preparation of the National Register of Indian Citizens
The Central Government shall, for the purpose of National Register of Indian Citizens, cause to carry throughout the country a house-to-house enumeration for collection of specified particulars relating to each family and individual, residing in a local area including the Citizenship status.
The Registrar General of Citizen Registration shall notify the period and duration of the enumeration in the Official Gazette.
For the purposes of preparation and inclusion in the Local Register of Indian Citizens, the particulars collected of every family and individual in the Population Register shall be verified and scrutinized by the Local Registrar, who may be assisted by one or more persons as specified by the Registrar General of Citizen Registration.
During the verification process, particulars of such individuals, whose Citizenship is doubtful, shall be entered by the Local Registrar with an appropriate remark in the Population Register for further enquiry and in case of doubtful Citizenship, the individual or the family shall be informed in a specified proforma
immediately after the verification process is over and rest of the detailing you can read here at censusindia.gov.in
National Population Register
NPR is the list of both citizen and no citizen, this definition was stated by Kirren Rijiju (minister of state for home affairs) in Rajya Sabha, that was released on 26 Nov 2014.
The government of India stated that NPR is the first step toward the NRC by identifying the citizenship of every person in the country.
It is prepared as per the provisions of citizenship act 1955, Nationa identity card rules 2003 passed by the BJP government. The listing is being done at the village level, district level, state level and national level, every person of the country needs to be registered under the NPR.
As per the citizenship rules 2003, the centre issued an order to register every person and create NRC based on the collected data in the NPR. As per this rule, the officials at the local level will decide to add the name of the person to the NRC or not thereby deciding his/or her citizenship status. No further rules and regulation are needed to exercise this in the whole country.
Implementation of NRC
Cabinet approved ₹3,941 crores for updating NPR on 24 Dec 2019, after updating the NPR, then it is easy to create the data for NRC and government decided to schedule the NPR in the whole country by Apr-2020.
The Registrar General of Citizen Registration issued the notification to update and prepare the NPR on 31st July 2019. As per the NPR exercise, an enumeration will be carried out throughout the Nation except Assam)by visiting every single house and gathering information with respect to the people who they are living within the jurisdiction of the Local Registrar
List of Detention Centers
- Assam
- Delhi
- Goa( Mapusa)
- Karnataka ( Sondekoppa in Nelamangala)
- Maharashtra( Nerul in Navi Mumbai)
- Punjab(Goindwal Sahib in Tarn Taran district)
- Rajasthan (Alwar)
CAA and NRC protests
There are a series of protest is happening in India not implementing the CAA and NRC, it is taking place in every corner in India and only a few communities are criticizing this.
FAQ’s
1. Where is NRC applicable in India?
Yet it is in Assam but the government is planning to implement it in the whole nation by 2021
2. Who are Indian citizens according to NRC?
- As per the citizenship act 1955, every person born in India
- on or after the 26th day of January 1950
- On or after 26th January 1950, but before the commencement of the Citizenship
- On or after such commencement, shall be a citizen of India by descent if either of his
parents is a citizen of India at the time of his birth:
3. Is NRC a part of the CAA?
Both are different and has different laws and separate process. NRC is yet to be decided but CAA came into force nationwide after it’s passage from parliament. NRC has been implemented by the Assam accord and supreme court.
4. Do Indian Muslims need to worry about CAA+NRC?
Indian Muslims need to worry about CAA+NRC
5. Will NRC be for people of a particular religion?
This has nothing with the religion at all, NRC is for every Indian citizen who is residing in India, in other words, you can consider it is a citizen register where your and your family will be recorded.
6. Will people be excluded in NRC on religious grounds?
No, NRC is not about any religion, whenever the NRC will be implemented.
7. How is citizenship decided? Will it be in the hands of the government?
Citizenship of any person will be decided as per the citizenship act 2009
8. Is NRC only for Assam?
Assam is the first state where it is in process and very soon will be implemented in the whole country.
9. Is Aadhar card enough for NRC?
As per the top official of Indian government told Aadhaar and passport are not citizenship documents but voter ID card can be treated as proof of citizenship.
10. How can I prove my Indian citizenship in NRC?
As per Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is not drafted but citizenship of India can be proved by giving any documents such as voter card, Aadhaar card and so on as provided by the Indian government as a proof.
11. Is NRC good for India?
The objective of NRC is to identify the illegal immigrants living in Inia without any government ID and using India government schemes and services.
12. Is CAA against the Constitution?
No, it is not against the constitution, it is legal and drafted as per the provision of the constitution.
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