Waiting For SC Permission To Initiate NRC Updation: Himanta Biswa Sarma The final NRC was published on August 31, 2019, by excluding 19,06,657 persons with a total of 3,11,21,004 names included out of the 3,30,27,661 applicants. PTI Photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-03T17:47:52+05:30 Waiting For SC Permission To Initiate NRC Updation: Himanta Biswa Sarma outlookindia.com 2021-02-03T18:05:36+05:30 Health, Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday, The Assam government is waiting for the permission of the Supreme Court to start a fresh National Register of Citizens (NRC) updation drive. Addressing at a press conference in Guwahati, Himanta Biswa Sarma said, the state NRC Coordinator has already submitted "a very good affidavit" in the Gauhati High Court highlighting why we need a fresh update of the NRC.