1.90 crore out of 3.29 crore people of Assam has finally been declared as legal citizens of India while the remaining wait in the queue. The long-awaited first-draft of National Register Citizens (NRC) was released at the midnight of 2017. With the release of the first draft Registrar-General of India (RGI), Sailesh notifies that the NRC preparation is an enduring process, verification of the rest is on and the final complete sheet shall be shared in the future.

“It is a historic day for all of us. It was a huge task that had begun in December 2013 and while over 3.29 people have applied for inclusion in the NRC, we have so far verified about 1.90 crore names that have been included in the first part draft,” RGI Sailesh was quoted while addressing a press conference held to release the first draft NRC in Guwahati.

Adding to this, NRC State Coordinator Prateek Hajela confirms people whose names are not on the list must not worry. “It is a tedious process to verify the names. So there is a possibility that some names within a single family may not be there in the first draft. There is no need to panic as the rest of the documents are under verification,” sums up Hajela.

How does one check their names on the first ever draft list of National Register Citizens? Here are the simple steps to see if your name is on the list or not.

1. Walk-in to your respective NRC Seva Kendra between 10 am to 4 pm on all working days of 2nd January to 31st January 2018.

2. You can also visit these websites to check your name in the first draft of NRC. nic.in, assam.mygov.in and assam.gov.in.

3. Type ARN and send it to 9765556555 to check the status online.

4. Call these 24*7 toll-free numbers 15107 (within Assam) and 18003453762 (outside Assam).

Assam has been under the wave of migration since it became a part of India in 1826. The Assam Government prepared NRC after the census of 1951, one that recorded particulars of people enumerated during that time. Candidates shall prove their citizenship with either their names appeared in the list of NRC 1951, or in any electoral rolls of Assam till 1971, or in any other of 12 documents those were issued before 1971. Again, those who are the descendants of individuals possessing any of the above documents requires a birth certificate or any other six specified documents as a proof of their relationship with the ancestor(s).

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