Migration and Citizenship in India: The Assam Crisis

Published: Nov 20, 2018

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Migration and Citizenship in India: The Assam Crisis

Internal migration challenges the basic premises of citizenship. Photo Guwahati, Assam.

Abstract: Assam is the first state in the country where the National Register for Citizens has been re-prepared after 1951, on the basis of legacy data from the 1971 electoral rolls. Tracing back to such antiquity is indeed a challenge for many.

The author is Professor and Head, Department of Migration and Urban Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, rbbhagat@iips.net