The office of the Registrar General of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Assam government to explain its request for ...
The office of the Registrar General of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Assam government to explain its request for additional financial support to complete pending work on the National Register of Citizens exercise, The Indian Express reported on Monday.
In a letter on March 4, the Assam government had sought an additional Rs 3.22 crore monthly allocation beyond March 31 for completion of the pending work. However, Registrar General of India Joint Director Jaspal Singh told Assam Home Secretary SR Bhuyan on March 23 that there was no provision to exceed Rs 1,602.66 crore allocation made for the entire project.
Singh also reminded the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Assam government that all the activities regarding NRC updation were to be completed within the approved cost by March 31. “The time and cost for completing the pending work an winding up the project has also not been explained in the proposal,” he wrote, according to PTI. “The requirement of software developed for various NRC activities may be assessed and the renewal of software which are not required may be discontinued immediately.”
The Registrar General of India added that the state government’s request for additional funding “appears to be to high”. Singh also took strong exception to the...
