Assam government has released its final draft of National Registry of Citizens of Assam.
According to the release, out of 3.29 crore total applicants, 2.9 crore people have been found eligible to be included in the National Register of Citizens.
07 lakh people who have not made their name to the list have been declared ‘illegal immigrants’.
Assam is the first Indian state where the NRC is being updated after 1951, with March 24, 1971, as the cut-off date, to include names of genuine Indian citizens.
The first NRC draft, with 1.9 crore names, was released during the intervening night of December 31 and January 1 this year.