National Register of Citizens of India Current Affairs, GK & News
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) came into effect from 10th January
On 11th December 2019, the Parliament of India passed the Citizenship Amendment Act followed by which thousands of citizens including students protested across various parts of the country against the Act despite the continuous assertion of the Central Government that no Indian citizen needs to worry about the new Act, On Friday, 10th January 2020 ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Citizenship Amendment Act • Kerala • National Register of Citizens of India • Pakistan • Punjab • West Bengal
NPR Data collection in Odisha in April-May
The National Population Register (NPR) exercise will be initiated from 16th April to 31st May this year in Odisha under which some new features related to parents such as Date and Place of Birth of parents will be added. The National Population Register was previously recorded in 2010 under which enumerators had recorded data from ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Biju Janata Dal • Chief Minister of Odisha • Kerala • National Population Register • National Register of Citizens of India • Naveen Patnaik • Odisha • West Bengal
Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016
Bhupen Hazarika’s son has rejected late father’s Bharat Ratna award. The wholesome blame he has given to the Citizenship Amendment Bill,2016 which is in favour of providing citizensenship to non-muslim immigrants. Features of Citizenship Amendment Bill,2016 The bill is amending Citizenship Act,1955. Aim : to provide citizenship to illegal migrants who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, ..
Topics: All Assam Students Union • Assam • Assamese people • Ethnic groups in India • Golaghat Convention • Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act • Immigration legislation • India • Indian nationality law • National Register of Citizens of India • Naturalization
The completed draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC published by Assam government
On July 30, the second and final draft of Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) has been officially published bearing the names of 2 crore 89 lakh 83 thousand 677 citizens of the state. The NRC will feature the names, addresses and photographs of all Indian citizens, who have been residing in the North-eastern state ..
Topics: Illegal immigration to India • Indian nationality law • Indian society • National Register of Citizens of India
The first draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) released for Assam
The first draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam has listed 19 million people out of the 32.9 million applicants as legal Indian citizens in a massive exercise aimed at identifying illegal immigrants in the state that borders Bangladesh. The Office of the State Coordinator of NRC Assam has provided five alternatives ..
Topics: Assam • Illegal immigration to India • India • Indian nationality law • National Register of Citizens of India • Northeast India • Tourism in North East India