Under the Citizenship Amendment Act, non-Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be provided Indian citizenship. The CAA law will apply to those who came to India before December 31, 2014.
देश में CAA लागू, नोटिफिकेशन जारी, जानें अब क्या होगा
BJP’s Modi government at the Center, in a big move just before the Lok Sabha elections, on Monday announced the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the entire country. Along with this, the Central Government has also issued a notification to implement CAA. With this, the CAA law has been implemented simultaneously in the entire country from today.
After the release of CAA notification, the biggest question is what will happen after its implementation and who will get or lose citizenship. According to the government notification, under the Citizenship Amendment Act, non-Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be provided Indian citizenship. Under CAA, there is a provision to give Indian citizenship to people of Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist and Parsi communities coming from these countries.
A portal for this has also been prepared by the Union Home Ministry. Application for obtaining citizenship can be made on this portal. Before the Lok Sabha elections, the Modi government at the Center had prepared to implement the law to give Indian citizenship to non-Muslims (minorities) of three countries. Last month, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said that the rules for CAA, which came into effect in 2019, would be implemented before the Lok Sabha elections.
It is noteworthy that the CAA law passed by the Parliament on December 11, 2019 was opposed across India. Under the CAA, a provision has been made to give citizenship to people of other religions coming from three Muslim-majority neighboring countries except the Muslim community. This law will be applicable to those who came to India before December 31, 2014. The minorities coming from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh will be provided Indian citizenship through this law. In such a situation, the applicant will have to prove how long he has been living in India. They will also have to fulfill the requirements of the Third Schedule of the Citizenship Act 1955.
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