Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : National Register of Citizens
The correct answer is National Register of Citizens. The full form of NRC is the National Register of Citizens. - The National Register of Citizens for Assam is a registry (NRC) maintained by the Government of India for Assam.
- It containing names and certain relevant information for the identification of genuine Indian citizens in the state.
- Currently, the register exists only for Assam.
- However, on 20 November 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah declared during a parliamentary session that the register would be extended to the entire country.
- The register was first prepared after the 1951 Census of India and since then it has not been updated until recently.
- Assam, the North Eastern state of India has become the first state in the country where the updation of the NRC is being taken up to include the names of those persons whose names appeared in the NRC of 1951 and are still alive; and/or of their present living descendants who have a permanent residence within the state.
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