Link between CAA and NRC/NRIC

According to Section 14A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (inserted by Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003):

♤ The Central Government may compulsorily register every citizen of India and issue national identity card to him.

♤ The Central Government may maintain a National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) and for that purpose establish a National Registration Authority.

o Registrar General, India, appointed under Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 shall act as the National Registration Authority and he shall function as the Registrar General of Citizen Registration.

♤ To implement CAA, citizens and illegal migrants have to be identified. So, a National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) is the necessary first step.