Mains Paper 1: Social Issues | Population & associated issues
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important:
Prelims level: National Register of Citizens (NRC), Citizenship Act, 1955
Mains level: Updation of NRC and its implications on demography as well as security situation.
Update NRC for Tripura: SC
- The Supreme Court has issued notice to the government to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Tripura, as is being done in Assam, in order to detect and deport the “illegal immigrants” from Bangladesh.
- The PIL asked the Court to direct authorities to update the NRC with respect to Tripura in terms of Rules 3 and 4 of The Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003 by taking July 19, 1948 as the cut-off date as provided for in Article 6 of the Constitution.
Bangladeshi Influx: An external aggression
- The petition contended the “influx” of illegal immigrants into Tripura amounted to ‘external aggression’ under Article 355 of the Constitution.
- The presence of illegal immigrants violates the political rights of the citizens of Tripura said the PIL.
Tripura facing demographic changes
- Uncontrolled influx of illegal migrants from Bangladesh to Tripura has caused huge demographic changes in Tripura.
- Tripura was a predominantly tribal State, but now it has become a non-tribal State.
- Indigenous people who were once the majority has now become a minority in their own land claimed the PIL.