Question 1524

Consider the following statements regarding the National Register of Citizens (NRC)? 1. NRC is an official record of those who are legal Indian citizens. 2. Assam is the only state to have an NRC. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Answer

Both 1 and 2

Why?

Explanation: NRC is an official record of those who are legal Indian citizens . It includes demographic information about all those individuals who qualify as citizens of India as per the Citizenship Act, 1955 . The register was first prepared after the 1951 Census of India and since then it has not been updated until recently. Assam is the only state to have an NRC. Hence statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is also correct.