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Third party audit of NRC exercise sought
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- An Assam-based organisation has sought a third party audit by a reputed international agency into the software applications used in the exercise to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) besides a high-level probe into the charges of corruption against former NRC coordinator.
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- Assam Public Works (APW): whose 2009 petition in the top court led to the NRC exercise, recently submitted a memorandum to the new NRC coordinator.
- Efficacy of the Software used for NRC:
(1) Naming five information technology firms, the APW said there was room for questioning the efficacy of the software they provided for the NRC exercise.
(2) The suspicion was all the more as the previous NRC coordinator had himself conducted the third party audit of the firms he had engaged and made them perform according to his direction.
(3) An internationally-acclaimed organisation should be engaged for the audit of the software applications & IT infrastructure.
- Data Entry Probe: The APW also sought a probe into the appointment of data entry operators in certain areas, purchase of 10,000 laptops and 11,000 electric generators at allegedly inflated prices.
- Alleged gross misuse: of the ₹1,600 crore provided for the NRC exercise, previous NRC coordinator did not allow any audit in the “name of protection from” the Supreme Court-said APW
Sources
The Hindu