2-day training of 221 newly recruited Foreigners’ Tribunals members ends in Guwahati

September 29: The 221 newly appointed members for the 200 Foreigners’ Tribunals were imparted trained at Assam Administrative Staff College in Guwahati. The 2-day training session which began on Saturday came to an end on Sunday. They were imparted training by the State Home department.

The newly recruited 221 members will have to handle the cases of more than 19 lakh people who were excluded from the final NRC. The final NRC list of Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published on 31 August, 2019. Out of a total number of 3,30,27,661 applicants, the names of 3,11,21,004 were included in the final NRC. That means a total of 19,06,657 persons were excluded from the NRC.

The 221 newly recruited members of FT’s were imparted training by Justice Arup Kumar Goswami, Chief Justice (acting), Gauhati High Court, State Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Political Department) Kumar Sanjay Krishna and other jurists. Mr. Krishna said, “200 Foreigners’ Tribunals will start functioning shortly and another 200 will be set up soon.”