After the Supreme Court slammed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on the delay over the completion of NRC process, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asserted that the government is fully committed to complete the NRC process and it has made available all the necessary funds and resources to the government of Assam to complete the NRC process in a time bound manner.
"The government is committed to complete the NRC process
within the stipulated time period and to ensure that neither any Indian national name is excluded nor any foreigner name is included in the Final NRC list," said Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
He added that PM Modi led central government has carried forward the NRC process.
After the signing of the Assam Accord in 1985, the Centre and the State Government of Assam have completed the NRC work that remained pending for more than thirty years and took it to the final stage.
"The complete NRC draft was published on July 30, 2018, and thereafter the claims and Objections process has also been
completed by December 31, 2018.
He added that Central Armed Forces in required numbers have been deployed in the State over the last one-and-a-half years to maintain law and order in view of the enormity of the NRC exercise.
NRC is a register containing names of Indian citizens, which was prepared for the first time in 1951 and is being updated only for Assam to weed out illegal immigrants." he added.