Overview

• The Assam government has proposed that only District Commissioners may approve Aadhaar applications for adults, a rule awaiting final cabinet sign-off
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma reported that security forces pushed back 20 Bangladeshi nationals last night as part of intensified detection operations
• Officials note that nearly all adult residents already hold Aadhaar cards, so the new protocol targets first-time adult applicants
• The state plans to impose similar District Commissioner approval for delayed birth certificates to close gaps in identity-document issuance
• The tightened verification measures build on Assam’s 2019 NRC exercise and utilize the Supreme Court-upheld 1950 Expulsion Act to reinforce demographic safeguards