For now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put the brakes on his government’s plans for a pan-India National Register of Citizens or NRC. But, it is not a complete rollback.

In May 2019, PM Modi took a key step towards a nationwide NRC by amending the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order of 1964 – making it applicable throughout India, effectively allowing the government to set up foreigners tribunals in every Indian state.

But why does the government want to set up foreigners tribunals in all the states? And more importantly, what does a foreigners tribunal do?

We bring you this investigation from The Quint.

Host: Poonam Agarwal, Head of Investigations, The Quint