Rahul Dass | December 20, 2017 | New Delhi
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Aadhaar passé, National Register of Indian Citizens is next
If you thought that by getting the coveted Aadhaar card number your job is done, then think again as the National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) is the next big thing that is going to happen to you.
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, minister of state in the home ministry, has informed parliament that the Citizenship Act, 1955 provides for maintenance of National Register of Indian Citizens by the central government.
“For the purpose, the central government has 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. Accordingly, house to house enumeration has been carried out in 2010 under Rule 4 of the Citizenship (Citizens Registration and Issue of National Identity Cards), Rules 2003 to prepare the Population Register, which was updated in 2015-16 except in Assam and Meghalaya.
“In Assam, the manner of preparation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) is governed by Rule 4(A) of the Citizenship Rules, 2003 and NRC, 1951 Assam is being updated as per these provisions,” said Ahir
Assam is bracing for turmoil as the first draft of the National Register of Citizens is to be published on December 31.
So, is NRIC different from National Population Register (NPR)?
Yes, it is different.
The NPR is a comprehensive identity database to be maintained by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the ministry of home affairs.