Here’s a list of documents you may have to furnish if an NRC is carried out nationwide, if Assam is the model.
Unlike the Census, the NRC update exercise in Assam was carried out by giving an individual the option to be included.
An applicant had the choice of picking any one of the documents listed under two heads. The 14 documents mentioned in List A were:
Published: 13 Dec 2019, 5:38 PM IST
Published: 13 Dec 2019, 5:38 PM IST
Since the citizenship cut-off date in Assam is midnight of March 24, 1971, all these documents could not be from a date later than that. This meant an Assam resident who didn’t have any 1971 documents that mention her name can show any one of the documents named in this list if it mentions her father or grandfather. But such applicants then had to establish their link with their father/grandfather by furnishing one more document to be picked from List B, which included eight options:
Published: 13 Dec 2019, 5:38 PM IST
Published: 13 Dec 2019, 5:38 PM IST
In the case of women married to other places, and have no documents that they could pick from list B to establish their family link, two documents were to be allowed to them. They were:
Published: 13 Dec 2019, 5:38 PM IST
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Published: 13 Dec 2019, 5:38 PM IST