It is unreasonable to expect this historically marginalised and exploited community to produce documents and prove their citizenship.
A report by the government of India’s National Commission of Denotified, Nomadic and SemiNomadic Tribes of India affirms this: “Although, many of the denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes are spread among SC/ST/OBC, many are still not classified anywhere and have no access to socioeconomic benefits whether education, health, housing or otherwise.”
Data collection for the National Population Register (NPR), which is a preliminary step for the NRC, shall start from April 1 (but could be delayed because of the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus)………..

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