Union Minister of state for home Nityanand Rai said that detention centres are set up by state governments/Union territory administrations as per their local requirements (File photo)
NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Wednesday said there was no provision of ‘detention centres’ under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) or the National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC). The ministry said that such ‘detention centres’ were set up by the state governments as per their local requirements to detain illegal immigrants/foreigners who had completed their jail sentence and were awaiting deportation for want of travel papers.
Replying to a question by TMC MP Derek O Brien, MoS (home) Nityanand Rai said the Supreme Court had in an order dated February 28, 2012 directed that foreign nationals who had completed their sentence shall be released from jail immediately. The court said, they be kept in an appropriate place with restricted movement pending their deportation/repatriation.
Parliament proceedings | No decision on national NRIC ‘till now’, Centre tells Rajya Sabha
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March 18, 2021 09:22 IST
This was in response to IUML member Abdul Wahab’s question on whether govt. had any plan to implement the NRC throughout the country
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Union Minister Nityanand Rai. File
This was in response to IUML member Abdul Wahab’s question on whether govt. had any plan to implement the NRC throughout the country
The Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that “till now”, the government had not taken any decision to prepare the National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) at the national level.
The Centre on Wednesday said it has not taken any decision on the nationwide roll-out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai was replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha on whether the central government had any plans to implement the NRC throughout the country. Till now, the government has not taken any decision to prepare the National Register of Indian Citizens at the national level, Rai said in a written reply. The NRC was updated in Assam under the supervision of the Supreme Court. When the final NRC was published on August 31, 2019, a total of 19.06 lakh people were excluded out of the total 3,30,27,661 applicants, which created a ripple across India.
No decision till now to prepare NRC at national level, government informs Rajya Sabha ANI | Updated: Mar 17, 2021 19:12 IST
By Amit Kumar
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The government has not taken any decision till now to prepare the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at the national level, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
He was replying to a question by Kerala MP Abdul Wahab.
The MP had asked if the government has any plan to implement the NRC throughout the country and if it has given any instructions to state governments about the implementation of NRC.
No Decision Yet on Nationwide NRC: Government in Rajya Sabha
Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai also said there is no provision of detention centres under the Citizenship Act, 1955 and the National Register of Indian Citizens.
Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai in the Rajya Sabha. Photo: screenshot from YouTube video by Bharatiya Janata Party
Government17/Mar/2021
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday said it has not taken any decision on the nationwide roll-out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai was replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha on whether the Central government had any plans to implement the NRC throughout the country. “Till now, the government has not taken any decision to prepare the National Register of Indian Citizens at the national level,” Rai said in a written reply.