Additional draft NRC to be published on June 26

GUWAHATI: Authorities engaged in updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam have finished hearing of claims and objections over the draft NRC and are set to publish an additional list on June 26.

The additional list will have names of people who were included in the final draft published on July 30, 2018, but were later found to be ineligible, a senior officer, who did not want to be named, told ET.

The NRC is meant to identify the original residents of the north-eastern state and check illegal migration. During the verification process, authorities found many people to be ineligible to be included in it, for being doubtful voters or declared foreigners, unable to prove family-tree claims or having cases pending at the foreigners’ tribunal.


There are around 1.20 lakh doubtful voters. This tag was first used during the preparation of electoral rolls in 1997. Doubtful voters is a category of voters in Assam who are disenfranchised for lack of citizenship credentials and barred from contesting elections and casting votes.