Registrar General Of India

Assam NRC: Centre grants six-month extension till 30 June to update list of legal citizens in state

In a notification, the Registrar General of India said the decision has been taken as the exercise to enumerate citizens in the NRC, a list of Assam's residents, could not be completed within the specified date of 31 December, 2018

SC rebukes Assam NRC coordinator, registrar general for press statements, says they 'could be sent to jail for contempt'

A bench comprising justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman accused the officials of making statements on modalities which squarely fell in the SC's domain.

Assam NRC draft: Top census official Sailesh says no Indian will be left out of final list on account of technicalities

The RGI of India Sailesh, said that lack of knowledge about the NRC application process could have led to the omission of names from the 30 July draft.

Parliament updates: Piyush Goyal says Narendra Modi govt changed situation for banks, made loan recovery easier

Piyush Goyal said that the cases of loan recovery that are troubling India took place before 2014. "Earlier, the person who would take loan of smaller amount would be stressed to repay the sum, but those taking loans in larger amount were carefree. We have changed that situation. Now, the loans are coming back to the banks,' he said.

Final draft of Assam NRC released: 2.9 crore applicants cleared, 40.7 lakh names still missing

2.9 crore names out of the total 3.29 crore applicants of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are in Assam, according to the Registrar General of India.

Assam govt slams Mamata Banerjee's speech on NRC, calls it derogatory and insulting to constitution

Slamming West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for her statement on the update of National Register of Citizens (NRC), the Assam government on Thursday said her words were "derogatory, insulting to Assamese and against the constitution as well as the spirit of Supreme Court".

ULFA leader Paresh Baruah's name in first NRC draft as list skips 2 MPs, several MLAs

Top ULFA rebel leader Paresh Baruah's name figures in the first draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) even as names of many prominent politicians of Assam did not find a place in it.

Religion in numbers: What 2011 Census reveals about India's communities

Population by Religious Community, the report based on findings from India's 2011 Census, was released on Tuesday by the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India and it threw up some intriguing facts.

UIDAI generates 72.24 cr Aadhaar numbers till mid-December

The government spent 946.32 crore on the project till 30 November this fiscal as against revised expenditure estimates of Rs 1,417 crore for 2014-15.

Cabinet okays phase four of UIDAI, 40 crore more to enroll

The Cabinet Committee on Unique Identification Authority of India on Thursday approved phase four of the scheme, which will enroll an additional 40 crore residents, at a cost of Rs. 3,436.16 crore, said official sources.