Question 3796

As per draft National Register of Citizen (NRC) of July 2018, which of the following States more than 40 lakh illegal migrants were found ?

Answer

Assam

Why?

The correct answer is Assam. Key Points The NRC is a register of all Indian citizens whose creation is mandated by the 2003 amendment of the Citizenship Act, 1955. The NRC has been implemented for the state of Assam starting in 2013–2014. The final updated NRC for Assam, published on 31 August 2019, contained 3.1 crores leaving out 19 lakh applicants , rendering them potentially stateless Additional Information What is NRC? The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a register of all Indian citizens whose creation is mandated by the 2003 amendment of the Citizenship Act, 1955. Important Points On 11 December 2019 , the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India. It providing a pathway to Indian citizenship for refugees from Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan who are Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, or Christians, and arrived in India before the end of December 2014.