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Manipur presses for a 1951 baseline for a National Register of Citizens
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Manipur presses for a 1951 baseline for a National Register of Citizens
Manipur has demanded an NRC exercise based on a 1951 cut-off, a baseline different from the one used in Assam's citizenship register.
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Manipur has sought a National Register of Citizens exercise using 1951 as the base year for determining citizenship, a demand that differs from the cut-off used in Assam's NRC process.
The demand reflects long-standing anxieties in the north-eastern State over unchecked migration and its effect on the region's demographic and political balance.
Any such exercise would need to reconcile with the constitutional and statutory framework already used for identifying foreigners in the north-east.
Sources: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
Key facts
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- National Register of Citizens
- Manipur
- Assam Accord
- citizenship cut-off
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Prelims
- National Register of Citizens, Manipur, Assam Accord, citizenship cut-off
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The acronym BRIC, later expanded to BRICS, was originally coined in 2001 for which four countries before South Africa joined in 2010?
- Brazil, Russia, India and China
- Brazil, Romania, India and Chile
- Bangladesh, Russia, Indonesia and China
- Brazil, Russia, Israel and Chad
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Answer: A — The term BRIC was coined in 2001 for Brazil, Russia, India and China; South Africa joined in 2010 to make it BRICS, and further members have been admitted since.
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