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India Copes With National Registry Scam

Effort to count illegal immigration in northeastern region dissolves into outrage

Jan 26
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India Copes With National Registry Scam

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By: Nava Thakuria

India’s project to complete a National Register of Citizens in the northeastern province of Assam has dissolved into a mess of massive cost-overruns, allegations of corruption, years of delays, and apparent shortchanging of thousands of low-paid data processors even though the exercise was monitored by the country’s highest court. India…

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