NRC Documents List West Bengal - Summary
National Register of Citizens (NRC) is an important register that lists the names of Indian citizens. The NRC updation process is all about adding the names of eligible citizens based on Electoral Rolls up to 1971 and the 1951 NRC. The National Register of Citizens, 1951, is a detailed register created after the Census of 1951. It shows each village and its houses in order, with the names of people living in each house marked clearly.
These detailed registers included every person counted during the Census of 1951 and were originally stored in the offices of Deputy Commissioners and Sub Divisional Officers, as directed by the Government of India in 1951. Later, these records were handed over to the Police in the early 1960s. The NRC updation process itself is focused on listing the names of individuals—or their descendants—who are mentioned in any Electoral Rolls up to 1971, the 1951 NRC, or in any of the acceptable documents.
NRC Documents List West Bengal
To be included in the updated NRC, two important requirements must be fulfilled:
1. First, you must provide ANY ONE of the following documents from List A that was issued before midnight on 24th March 1971, which shows your name or the name of an ancestor* (to confirm residence in Assam up to that date).
- (1) 1951 NRC OR
- (2) Electoral Roll(s) up to 24th March 1971 (midnight) OR
- (3) Land & Tenancy Records OR
- (4) Citizenship Certificate OR
- (5) Permanent Residential Certificate OR
- (6) Refugee Registration Certificate OR
- (7) Passport OR
- (8) LIC OR
- (9) Any Govt. issued License/Certificate OR
- (10) Govt. Service/ Employment Certificate OR
- (11) Bank/Post Office Accounts OR
- (12) Birth Certificate OR
- (13) Board/University Educational Certificate OR
- (14) Court Records/Processes.
Additionally, two more documents can be used as supporting evidence: (1) Circle Officer/GP Secretary Certificate for married women who changed their residence after marriage (which can be dated before or after 24th March, 1971), and (2) Ration Card issued before midnight on 24th March, 1971. These supporting documents will only be accepted if you also provide any one of the documents listed above.
2. The second requirement comes into play if the name on any of the List A documents isn’t the applicant’s own, but that of an ancestor, such as a father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, great-grandfather, or great-grandmother. In this case, the applicant must submit documents from List B below to prove their relationship with that ancestor whose name is in List A. The documents submitted must be legally valid and clearly demonstrate this relationship.
- (1) Birth Certificate OR
- (2) Land document OR
- (3) Board/University Certificate OR
- (4) Bank/LIC/Post Office records OR
- (5) Circle Officer/GP Secretary Certificate for married women OR
- (6) Electoral Roll OR
- (7) Ration Card OR
- (8) Any other legally acceptable document
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