Guwahati: An additional exclusion list to the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be published on June 26 containing the names of those who were featured in the draft published on July 30 2018, but were subsequently found ineligible for inclusion.
According to an official release on Friday, the list will also include those found ineligible during hearings held for disposal of claims and objections.
The persons excluded will be informed individually through Letters of Information which are to be delivered at their residences. They will have the opportunity to file their claims at the designated NRC Seva Kendras (NSKs) before July 11.
Thereafter, their claims will be disposed before the publication of the final National Register of Citizens on July 31, the release added.
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The exclusion list will be published at designated NRC Seva Kendra, at the office of the deputy commissioner/SDO (civil/circle officer) and online. Those persons whose draft status will change to exclusion will be highlighted in the list as ‘excluded in additional list’.
The draft published on July 30 last year included the names of 2.9 crore people out of 3.29 crore applications, excluding 40 lakh people in the draft.
The first draft published on December 31 only contained 1.9 crore names.
Monitored by the Supreme Court, the NRC is being updated in Assam and is scheduled to be released as the final list on July 31.