Supplementary list to be followed by final list of NRC to be published by RGI

August 31: Technically speaking, the list of NRC published on 31 August is termed as “Supplementary List of Inclusions and Exclusions (Final NRC) under Clause 7 of the Schedule to Citizenship Rules, 2003.”

As per Para 7 of the Schedule of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Card) Rules, 2003 as amended up-to-date, “The Local registrar of Citizen Registration shall, after the disposal of claims and the objections under sub-paragraph (3) of Paragraph 6, prepare and publish a supplementary list for inclusion or deletion of names, as the case may be, and thereafter, the Registrar General of Citizens Registration shall publish the final National Register of Indian Citizens in the state of Assam.”