Manipur NRC

MANIPULATING THE COUNT: MANIPUR’S DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS AND THE CASE FOR AN NRC

The Indian Government’s decision to defer the Census in Manipur creates an opportunity to confront a deeper and long-standing problem of producing a credible population record through a new demographic exercise when significant questions remain over the reliability of the historical data on which it is built. In a state fractured by conflicts, cross-border migration, displacement …