Anxious Assam Readies For Headcount Results

Those excluded need not worry, govt. will help in filing appeals: CM Sonowal

- Rahul Karmakar

Five years, four deferred deadlines and 1,220 crore later, the outcome of one of India’s largest headcount exercises — the Supreme Court-monitored National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam — is scheduled to be published on Saturday. The final list of citizens will be uploaded on the NRC website around 10 a.m. An official statement with the data will also be issued around the same time.

The State has been anxiously awaiting the final NRC that is envisaged to quantify the number of illegal immigrants. The anxiety surrounds the number of people likely to be excluded from the 3.29 crore applicants. More than 41 lakh people were excluded from the draft NRC in two phases, of whom 3.61 lakh did not reapply for inclusion.