@ nskatcv
Actually, you are missing many key facts, some of which are
1. This info was released on 6th June. That agrees with the big back-log point I said, so agreed.
2. No one knows, the cut off date. (worst scenario, it only includes some of the 1st May apps, whereby 1st May applicant with complete app but pending DD encashment might be excluded. Such DD payments will certainly be transferred to CIC) Does this worst case scenario means these 157 might be only some out of many applications CIC received on 1st May itself. Well, why not.
3. No one knows the criteria for including an app in the count (PER or CC/DD encashment; if it includes PER, which is issued after at least 7 days of CC/DD encashment, many of the complete/accepted application are not included in the count but most certainly they will count towards overall cap and result in exponential rise in the count) Makes sense
4. [MOST IMPORTANT] Yes, most of the applicants are not sure if their application is "complete", don't forget many applicant's are missing one thing or other and have covered it through acceptable alternate/affidavits. Now, if that is accepted by the reviewer, no one knows. Of course