Question

Why nation wide NRC isn't possible in India?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Will NRC be implemented all over India?

However, on 20th November 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah declared during a parliamentary session that the register would be extended to the entire country. Amit Shah has clearly indicated that NRC to be applied National wide and no person of any religion should worry.

Any government at the Centre does not need a new legal sanction to carry out a nationwide NRC exercise unless it wants to make some specific changes to the existing Citizenship

Act.

HIGHLIGHTS

Citizenship Amendment Act 2003 sets legal framework for nationwide NRC

NPR under 2003 Amendment Act may form basis for NRC

State government cannot under existing laws refuse to carry out NPR exercise

Partition of India is the source for many emotive problems of India. One of them is the issue of illegal immigrants. It has been an issue in Assam even before the Partition happened in 1947. By 1951, a National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam was already in the works of the government.