Assam Accords

#GS-02 Citizenship

Assam Accords:

The Assam Accord was signed in 1985 by the Centre and the Assam government with the All Assam Student Union (AASU) and the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad.
This accord was reached to end the conflict in the state due to 1979-85 Assam Movement against migration from Bangladesh.

All those foreigners who had entered Assam between 1951 and 1961 were to be given full citizenship, including the right to vote.
Those who entered between 1961 and March 24, 1971 were to be denied voting rights for ten years but would enjoy all other rights of citizenship.
The foreigners who entered the country after March 24, 1971 were to be deported.
A parallel package for the economic development of Assam, including a second oil refinery, a paper mill and an institute of technology, was also worked out.
Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, promises “constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people”

National Register of Citizens, 1951 is a register prepared after the conduct of the Census of 1951 in respect of each village, showing the houses or holdings in a serial order and indicating against each house or holding the number and names of persons staying therein.
The NRC was published only once, in 1951.
Assam is the only state where an NRC was compiled under the supervision of the apex court.

The NRC of 1951 and the Electoral Roll of 1971 (up to midnight of 24 March 1971) are together called Legacy Data.
Legacy Data is the primary set of documents admissible to prove the claim of citizenship for inclusion in NRC updated for the state of Assam.
The Legacy Data is available online at the NRC Assam web-site www.nrcassam.nic.in.