Category: MAINS 2018

Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Assam begins deleting foreigners from NRC list. News District officials in Assam have begun work to delete the names of ‘declared foreigners’ whose names had been included in the complete draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) that was published on July 30. Beyond News In central Assam’s Morigaon district, officials have identified some 200 people declared foreigners by various Foreigners’ Tribunals or facing cases related to their doubtful citizenship. Assam has 100 such tribunals where people of suspect nationality are required to prove they are Indians. These 200 belong to 39 families scattered across the district. Some of them are declared foreigners while some others are suspected illegal immigrants with cases pending. The police…

Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Set procedure to vet NRC claims: Supreme Court News The Supreme Court directed authorities to not initiate any ‘action’ against 40 lakh persons left out of the draftAssam National Register of Citizens (NRC) published on July 30. Beyond News The Bench of Justices ordered the government, in consultation with State NRC Coordinator Prateek Hajela, to frame a ‘fair’ standard operating procedure (SOP) to deal with the claims and objections of those who did not find their names in the draft NRC. Attorney-General informed the court that the Ministry concerned is working out the modalities of the SOP, which would “deal with the different dimensions of the exercise of hearing the claims and objections to…