New Delhi : The Ministry Of Home Affairs has stated that they have not yet decided anything about nationwide National Register of Citizens. They responded to queries raised by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs headed by Congress MP Anand Sharma, in written reply in Parliament.
As far as Assam is concerned, Rai said on the direction of the Supreme Court, the hard copies of the supplementary list of inclusion and online family-wise list of exclusions in NRC have been published on August 31, 2019.
The persons covered under the CAA may apply for citizenship after the rules are notified under the CAA. Till now, the Government has not taken any decision to prepare National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) at the national level”, the government said in Rajya Sabha.
The MHA informed that a total of 1,11,287 Indians gave up their Indian citizenship in 2021.
Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha over the government’s reponse over the Omicron variant of coronavirus, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandavia said no case of the variant has been found in India yet. He said the government is taking all possible precautions including screening of international passengers at airports and doing genome sequencing.
According to sources, eight Opposition leaders, led by Mallikarjun Kharge, met Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu and asked him to rethink on the revocation of suspended MPs. Naidu said it may not be possible without proper functioning of the House and sincere regret by the errant members for their misconduct.
The Congress has decided to boycott Lok Sabha for the day over the suspension of 12 MPs in Rajya Sabha. “We have boycotted the Lok Sabha proceedings for the remaining day in protest against the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs,” KC Venugopal, Congress, told ANI.
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