NIC, Assam State Unit has undertaken the project of computerizing the National Register of Citizens (NRC), 1951. The sensitive and important project was entrusted by the Department of Political & Home Affairs, Government of Assam to NIC. Dhubri was selected as the pilot district for implementation in Assam. Out of a total of 1304 registers, containing data for population of 7,16,859, data entry for more than 130 registers have been completed from March till November 2003. Ten personnel from the Assam Police department trained at NIC Dhubri were engaged in the data entry operations using the software developed at NIC Assam State Centre. Since the original registers contained data in English, Assamese and Bengali, the software was designed to support regional language and implemented using ISM Office 2000, Visual Basic and Access. Considering the fact that the pages in the registers are mostly in a nearly mutilated condition, and the legibility of the hand-written records, the data entry which has to be done with utmost care, is an uphill task. Once the entry is completed, data in the digital format shall remain preserved for years to come and can be referred to as and when required by the Government.