Assam government today announced cancellation of leaves and trainings of officials of all ranks and employees with immediate effect till August 15 in view of the final NRC draft release and the Independence Day, a government order said here.
The order issued by Chief Secretary T Y Das covered "all officers of the IAS, ACS, IPS, APS, ALRS, all police officers and other ranks of police, other officers and staff of district establishments and SPs offices".
Das issued the order "in view of the publication of draft NRC on July 30, 2018 and forthcoming Independence Day".
The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is being updated with March 24, 1971 as the cut-off date for legitimate claim to Indian citizenship in Assam.
The first draft of the NRC was published during the intervening nights of December 31 and January 1 this year, containing 1.9 crore names out of a total applications of 3.29 crore people in Assam.
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