Coordinator moves SC for reverification of draft NRC
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National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma has filed a petition before the Supreme Court – which is monitoring the NRC process – seeking a comprehensive and time-bound reverification of the draft NRC as well as its supplementary list.
National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma has filed a petition before the Supreme Court – which is monitoring the
NRC process – seeking a comprehensive and time-bound reverification of the draft NRC as well as its supplementary list.
In the plea, Sarma prayed for appropriate direction from the top court for the process to be undertaken under Clause 4(3) of the Schedule of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules 2003. He sought re-verification under the supervision of a monitoring committee, preferably represented by the respective District Judge, District Magistrate and Su
Gauhati HC stays sacking of NRC workers in Assam
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Asserting that there is no provision of further funding to a request for Rs 3.22 Crore per month for carrying forward the NRC work, RGI has asked the office of the state co coordinator may be shifted to state government building and staff may be taken off.
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The Gauhati High Court has stayed the termination of 252 Junior Assistants (JA) who were working on Contractual basis in the updation of National Register of Citizens (
In March this year Registrar General of India (RGI) had asked the Assam government to complete NRC updation within March 31, 2021.
Court stays sacking of 252 Assam NRC workers
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May 07, 2021 15:16 IST
They were given notice on March 26, saying their service will be terminated from April 30
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A villager checks names on the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on his mobile phone in Buraburi village in Assam. File
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They were given notice on March 26, saying their service will be terminated from April 30
The Gauhati High Court has stayed the termination of 252 junior assistants who had been employed on contract for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.
They were served the termination notice on March 26, three days after the Registrar General of India (RG) ordered the closure of the NRC office in Assam and declined to sanction any fund after March 31. They had been appointed at the district, sub-division and circle levels in February 2015 with fixed monthly remuneration after the process of inducting them beg
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Those who already have Aadhaar are able to avail of the benefits of welfare schemes. But Aadhaar coverage is low in Assam compared with the rest of India, as it was not emphasised on when the NRC update work was going on.
The Assam government had written to the Centre, seeking help to unlock the frozen biometric details
Babul Kumar Hajong can’t avail of the various welfare schemes that the central and Assam governments have launched. Hajong doesn’t have Aadhaar, the biometric ID which is compulsory for availing of most of these schemes. He had applied multiple times for Aadhaar enrolment, but those have been rejected. His biometric details are currently locked, and he can’t get the ID till this issue is resolved.