9. National Register of Citizens

♤ It is a list of Indian citizens to decide bona fide Indian citizens and those who fail to enlist in the register will be deemed illegal migrants.

♤ National Register of Citizens, 1951 was prepared after the conduct of the Census of 1951 in respect of each village, showing the houses or holdings in a serial order and indicating against each house or holding the number and names of persons staying therein. These registers covered each and every person enumerated during the Census of 1951.

♤ NRC Vs Census: The census is conducted every decade, on a national level and gives the state a window into the size and nature of Indian population. But the NRC is a unique exercise for the onus to prove citizenship lies with the citizens. They have to, through a documentary evidence, show how they have come to be citizens of India.