NRC for Indian citizens in Assam was first created in 1951. Manipur and Tripura were also granted permission to create their own NRCs, but it never materialised. The reason behind the move was to identify Indian citizens in Assam amid "unabated" migration from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

How many years did NRC take in Assam?

The NRC was updated on the basis of the Assam Accord of 1985, which, in turn, was signed after a six-year-long agitation against illegal immigrants. The entire process, which took four years to complete, was supervised by the Supreme Court (SC), which had ordered revision of the 1951 list.

Has NRC been implemented in Assam?

The registrar general of the country has not yet recognised the Assam NRC as the entire process has been embroiled in legal complications mainly after the final list was published on August 31, 2019. Not a single hearing on the NRC has been held in the Supreme Court since January 6, 2020.