CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) recently detected huge financial anomalies amounting to hundreds of crores of rupees in the updation procedure of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.

Detailed explanation-2: -There was, however, a five-fold increase in the cost by March 2022 due to additional time to complete it and changes in the update software. As for irregularities, the CAG found that the number of wages paid to the outsourced staff was 45.59%-64.27% less than what was approved by the NRC coordination committee.

Detailed explanation-3: -While the Central government has indicated its intent to extend the NRC across India, Assam is the first and only state to update it. The Assam NRC is meant to identify illegal immigrants in the State who migrated from Bangladesh after March 24th, 1971, following the war with Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-4: -The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a register of all Indian citizens whose creation is mandated by the 2003 amendment of the Citizenship Act, 1955. Its purpose is to document all the legal citizens of India so that the illegal immigrants can be identified and deported.