Final NRC status of all Assam applicants published

The National Register of Citizens authority on Saturday published the individual status of all the 3.3 crore people of Assam who had applied for inclusion in the updated citizens’ registry when the exercise began five years ago. The list – which has the names of those who have been accepted as citizens, those who have been rejected and those whose appeals are pending – was uploaded on the official NRC site less than a fortnight after 19.07 lakh people were excluded from the final NRC released on August 31. “Queries were also received from the public about the issue of certified copies of rejection from final NRC… The process of collection of the orders passed by the NRC officers is being carried out to enable early availability of the same to the public to file appeals,” he added. “ No FT for indigenous” About 30 organisations representing various indigenous organisations, including the All Assam Students’ Union, have demanded that the indigenous people excluded from the final NRC be included without forcing them to approach Foreigners’ Tribunals to establish their citizenship. Rights groups and tribal organisations in Assam have claimed that at least 2 lakh indigenous people have been excluded from the NRC allegedly for lack of proper documents.