The government on Tuesday said that there is no proposal to extend the National Register of Citizens, NRC to States other than Assam.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said, NRC Assam was prepared in 1951 as a non-statutory process by recording particulars of all the persons enumerated during 1951 Census.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''He said, the exercise to NRC 1951 is being conducted under the special provisions in respect of State of Assam under the Citizenship Act, 1955 and the Citizenship Rules, 2003.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''Replying to another question on the exercise, Mr Ahir said, the NRC exercise has been carried out in a totally objective, transparent and meticulous manner.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''He said, a mechanism to deal with the grievances in a fair and objective manner is already in place.<br />''<br />''<br />''The Minister said, the complete draft NRC, Assam has been published on 30th July this year and the Supreme Court is monitoring the progress of NRC . He said, the process of claims and objections on the draft NRC has started on 25th September this year and will remain open up to 31st of this month.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">He added that the verification process will commence from 15th February next year in accordance with the directions of the Supreme Court.</span><br />
News On AIR | December 18, 2018 6:03 PM
No proposal to extend NRC to other States: Govt