NRC final list out, over 19 lakh people excluded

NRC final list out, over 19 lakh people excluded

Guwahati: People queue up to check their names in Morigaon in the first complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) that was published on 30th July, 2018 and comprises names of 2,89,83,677 people of Assam. A total of 3,29,91,384 people had applied for inclusion of their names in the document, but 40,07,707 had been left out due to some discrepancies in their documents. The Assam government had started the process of updating the NRC on December 2013. (Photo: IANS)

Guwahati, Aug 31 (IANS) The final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam was released on Saturday with over 19 lakh people left out.

Some 19,06,677 people have been excluded from the final list, which names 3,11,21,004 people as Indian citizens.

--IANS

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