People of India are protesting against the ‘Citizenship (Amendment) Act‘ and some of them are not even understanding the meaning of it and without reading it. It is necessary to read and have knowledge of something that we protest against. To understand the ‘CAA‘ is necessary to first understand what is ‘NRC’ and what it’s an effect going to happen after applying it in India.
WHAT IS NRC
“National Register of Citizens” is a register of all Indian citizens whose creation is mandated by the Citizenship Act 1955 as amended in 2003-2004. it has not yet been implemented except for the Assam.
Assam, being a border state with unique problems of illegal immigration, an NRC for the state was created in 1951 based on the 1951 census data. But it was not maintained afterward. In 1983, the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act was passed by the Parliament creating a separate tribunal process for identifying illegal migrants in Assam. The Supreme Court of India struck it down as unconstitutional in 2005, after which the Government of India agreed to update the Assam NRC. Following unsatisfactory progress on the update process over a decade, the Supreme Court started directing and monitoring the process in 2013. The final updated NRC for Assam, published 31 August 2019, contained 31 million names out of 33 million population, leaving out about 2 million applicants.
The ruling government Bhartiya Janta Party has promised to implement the NRC for all of India, but it did not find the results of the Assam NRC meeting its expectations. It believes that several legitimate citizens were excluded while illegal migrants were included
AFTER DEPLOYED THE NRC
After applying the NRC the Indian government can take action on the illegal immigrants who are present in the country and make illegal activities. The government can deport illegal immigrants.
FIND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
While the finalization of the National Register of Citizens (NRCNSE 2.22 %) is at an advanced stage in Assam, the Home Ministry is working on modalities to implement across the country the exercise to identify illegal immigrants for deportation.
SCOPE OF NRC
An amendment in the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964, issued by the central government on May 30 paves the way for expanding the scope of NRC beyond.
The amended order empowers state governments and even district magistrates of all states and Union Territories to set up tribunals to identify a “foreigner” who is living in India illegally.
