{"id":15250,"date":"2026-10-19T17:35:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srknation.in\/?p=15250"},"modified":"2026-10-19T17:35:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:35:44","slug":"manipur-1951-base-year-nrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srknation.in\/?p=15250","title":{"rendered":"Manipur Adopts 1951 as Base Year for National Register of Citizens Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to the NRC Update in Manipur<\/p>\n<p>The government of Manipur has officially designated the year 1951 as the foundational baseline for updating the National Register of Citizens within the state. This significant policy decision was revealed during a legislative assembly session held on Monday, providing clarity on the administration&#8217;s ongoing efforts regarding population documentation and residency verification.<\/p>\n<p>Legislative Proceedings and Official Responses<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came to light when the state Home Minister, Govindas Konthoujam, addressed the Legislative Assembly. His statements were delivered in direct response to an official inquiry raised by Opposition legislator K. Meghachandra Singh.<\/p>\n<p>The questioning focused primarily on the practical implementation of the National Register of Citizens update procedure, alongside a crucial concern regarding whether the authentic physical documentation and historical records from that period remain accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Status of Historical Physical Records<\/p>\n<p>During the assembly proceedings, the Home Minister addressed the availability of foundational historical records. He confirmed to the lawmakers that relevant government authorities are actively working to locate and trace the necessary documentation required to facilitate the comprehensive citizen registration update process.<\/p>\n<p>Implications for the Region<\/p>\n<p>Establishing 1951 as the benchmark year marks a critical step in the administrative framework governing residency tracking in the northeastern state. As the concerned departments continue their search for physical archives, the public and political stakeholders await further updates on the operational roadmap for executing the registration exercise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manipur Home Minister announces 1951 as the base year for updating the National Register of Citizens during the state legislative assembly session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[9175,6277,10476,9177,9174,9178],"class_list":["post-15250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-east","tag-1951-base-year","tag-govindas-konthoujam","tag-k-meghachandra-singh","tag-manipur-legislative-assembly","tag-manipur-nrc","tag-national-register-of-citizens"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srknation.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srknation.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srknation.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srknation.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srknation.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/srknation.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srknation.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srknation.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srknation.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srknation.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}