Guwahati: The Centre has unlocked the biometrics of over 9 lakh people affected during the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and started the process of issuing Aadhaar cards to them.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated in X, “The Govt of India has unlocked biometrics of over 9 lakh people from Assam who were affected during the NRC process”.
He added, “UIDAI is releasing biometrics for 9.35 lakh NRC-BME blocked cases of Assam. So far, 5 lakh Aadhaar cards have been generated. On September 23, UIDAI will dispatch 12,000–13,000 Aadhaar cards to Tinsukia on a pilot basis. My deep gratitude to Hon’ble Union Home Minister @AmitShah for his kindness.”
On August 28, Sarma announced that over 9.35 lakh people who have been deprived of Aadhaar cards will get their cards.
Around 9,35,682 individuals had provided their biometrics details for Aadhaar card issuance at centres that were also NRC (National Register of Citizens) centres between February and August 2019.
Sarma said, “There is no connection between the 19 lakh individuals whose names are missing from the NRC list and the 9 lakh who have not received Aadhaar.”
The office of the Registrar General of India (RGI), under the Union ministry of home affairs, has asked the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to release the locked biometrics of 9,35,682 residents of Assam.
“The card was stopped by UIDAI due to NRC draft exercise related to biometric capturing or for administrative reasons mentioned in the proposal, if such persons are otherwise eligible. However, as per the Solicitor General, there is no legal impediment in issuing Aadhaar cards in Assam to affected persons whose Aadhaar number/Aadhaar,” the order read.
“The affected individuals also include those who were not directly linked to the NRC but had their biometrics collected during that period when Aadhaar registration and NRC enrolment were conducted simultaneously,” Sarma explained.
He said the state government had formed a cabinet sub-committee, which engaged with various organisations, including the All-Assam Students' Union (AASU).
“We also discovered that there is no connection between the 19-lakh people whose names are missing from the NRC and these 9.35 lakh individuals. Initially, we thought the latter were part of the former, but our analysis shows they are not. The committee’s findings concluded that there was no substantive connection between Aadhaar and NRC issues at the time, clearing the way for Aadhaar card issuance. The cabinet approved the sub-committee's recommendations and pursued the matter with the Centre for the past two years,” he said.
Sarma recently added that around 9 lakh people could not get Aadhaar as they applied during the NRC update and was caught in a logjam as the centre for NRC and Aadhaar was the same. It was a matter of timing in which these people were caught despite having their names in NRC.
As many as 27 lakh people continue to languish outside formal identification because their biometric details are locked, but they still do not have Aadhaar cards. These are the people who have made claims and objections about the National Register of Citizens. They can’t now apply for new Aadhaar enrolment, either.
The reason is that the NRC has taken biometric prints of several citizens for verification. However, because their biometric prints have been taken for NRC, their Aadhaar cards are not being issued as the government claims that it cannot allow duplication.
Around 3.30 crore people had applied for inclusion in the NRC, but the names of nearly 40 lakhs were excluded in the draft NRC published on July 30, 2018. Of them, around 36.28 lakh people had claimed for inclusion on the list and about 2 lakhs had registered their objections. They were called for subsequent hearings where provisions were made to obtain their biometric details.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated in X, “The Govt of India has unlocked biometrics of over 9 lakh people from Assam who were affected during the NRC process”.
He added, “UIDAI is releasing biometrics for 9.35 lakh NRC-BME blocked cases of Assam. So far, 5 lakh Aadhaar cards have been generated. On September 23, UIDAI will dispatch 12,000–13,000 Aadhaar cards to Tinsukia on a pilot basis. My deep gratitude to Hon’ble Union Home Minister @AmitShah for his kindness.”
On August 28, Sarma announced that over 9.35 lakh people who have been deprived of Aadhaar cards will get their cards.
Around 9,35,682 individuals had provided their biometrics details for Aadhaar card issuance at centres that were also NRC (National Register of Citizens) centres between February and August 2019.
Sarma said, “There is no connection between the 19 lakh individuals whose names are missing from the NRC list and the 9 lakh who have not received Aadhaar.”
The office of the Registrar General of India (RGI), under the Union ministry of home affairs, has asked the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to release the locked biometrics of 9,35,682 residents of Assam.
“The card was stopped by UIDAI due to NRC draft exercise related to biometric capturing or for administrative reasons mentioned in the proposal, if such persons are otherwise eligible. However, as per the Solicitor General, there is no legal impediment in issuing Aadhaar cards in Assam to affected persons whose Aadhaar number/Aadhaar,” the order read.
“The affected individuals also include those who were not directly linked to the NRC but had their biometrics collected during that period when Aadhaar registration and NRC enrolment were conducted simultaneously,” Sarma explained.
He said the state government had formed a cabinet sub-committee, which engaged with various organisations, including the All-Assam Students' Union (AASU).
“We also discovered that there is no connection between the 19-lakh people whose names are missing from the NRC and these 9.35 lakh individuals. Initially, we thought the latter were part of the former, but our analysis shows they are not. The committee’s findings concluded that there was no substantive connection between Aadhaar and NRC issues at the time, clearing the way for Aadhaar card issuance. The cabinet approved the sub-committee's recommendations and pursued the matter with the Centre for the past two years,” he said.
Sarma recently added that around 9 lakh people could not get Aadhaar as they applied during the NRC update and was caught in a logjam as the centre for NRC and Aadhaar was the same. It was a matter of timing in which these people were caught despite having their names in NRC.
As many as 27 lakh people continue to languish outside formal identification because their biometric details are locked, but they still do not have Aadhaar cards. These are the people who have made claims and objections about the National Register of Citizens. They can’t now apply for new Aadhaar enrolment, either.
The reason is that the NRC has taken biometric prints of several citizens for verification. However, because their biometric prints have been taken for NRC, their Aadhaar cards are not being issued as the government claims that it cannot allow duplication.
Around 3.30 crore people had applied for inclusion in the NRC, but the names of nearly 40 lakhs were excluded in the draft NRC published on July 30, 2018. Of them, around 36.28 lakh people had claimed for inclusion on the list and about 2 lakhs had registered their objections. They were called for subsequent hearings where provisions were made to obtain their biometric details.
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