The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a register containing names of all legal Indian citizens which includes demographic information about all those individuals who qualify as citizens of India as per the Citizenship Act, 1955.
The process is aimed at weeding out illegal immigrants from the country. Presently, only Assam has such a register.
According to the government released FAQ, CAA and NRC are not linked. “CAA is a separate law and National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a separate process. FAQs released by the Union government are as under:
Question – Will the Muslims be asked for proof of being Indian through NRC?
Ans – Firstly, it is important for you to know that no formal initiative like NRC has been started at the national level. The government has neither made any official announcement nor have any rules and regulations prepared on it. If it is implemented in future, then it should not be understood that someone will be asked for proof of his Indianness.
In one way, you can think of NRC as a process like Aadhaar Card or any other identity card. To register your name in the citizenship register, you have to provide any of your identity cards or other documents, as you provide for the Aadhaar card or voter list. Read More
