Six Immigrant Communities from Three Countries Will Get Bharatiya Citizenship, CAA Implementation Progresses
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 12th March. The Modi government made a significant choice prior to the Lok Sabha elections. The “Citizenship Amendment Act” (CAA) regulations are now in effect throughout the nation. On Monday night, the Union Home Ministry released a notice about the Citizenship Amendment Act. Additionally, a website has been created for this purpose, enabling members of the non-Muslim immigrant community to apply for citizenship. For this, the Union Home Ministry has made all necessary arrangements.
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— ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2024
Who will get the Bharatiya Citizenship?
Minorities from three nearby nations will be able to obtain Bharatiya citizenship under the CAA. Hindus and Sikhs who immigrated without documentation from Pakistan, Afghanistan, or Bangladesh will be granted citizenship upon the release of the CAA regulations. These individuals must apply for this through the Central Government’s online portal. It is significant to note that the Citizenship Act was modified by the Central Government in 2019. Six minorities who arrived in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh before December 31, 2014—Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, and Parsis—were given the opportunity to apply for Bharatiya citizenship. Its regulations state that the central government will be in charge of citizenship rights.
An applicant-ready portal
Since the entire process will be conducted online, the Home Ministry has prepared a portal for the applicants’ convenience. The year that the applicant entered Bharat without travel documentation must be stated. An official stated that no paperwork will be required from the applicants. Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister, stated on December 27, 2023, that the CAA is a national law and that no one can halt its implementation. In the meantime, the Citizenship Act of 1955 has granted authority to over thirty district officers and home secretaries of nine states to grant Bharatiya citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians who immigrated from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan during the past two years.
CAA लागू…
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1,414 foreigners were granted Bharatiya citizenship between April 2021 and December 2021
The Home Ministry’s annual report for 2021–22 states that between April 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021, 1,414 foreign nationals from non-Muslim minority communities in these three countries were granted Bharatiya citizenship. Nine states—Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Maharashtra—are where non-Muslim minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan can obtain Bharatiya citizenship through registration or naturalization in accordance with the Citizenship Act, 1955. Although the government has not yet granted the authority to grant citizenship to districts in either of these two states, the matter is extremely sensitive politically in Assam and West Bengal.
What is the Citizenship Amendment Act?
The Citizenship Amendment Bill amends the Citizenship Act of 1955 to grant citizenship to illegal immigrants who are Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian and who come from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. On December 9, 2019, the Citizenship Amendment Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha. On December 9, 2019, the House actually passed the bill. On December 11, 2019, the Rajya Sabha approved this bill.
The Citizenship Amendment Act is notified to be implemented which was part of BJP Poll Manifesto in 2019 is now being implemented ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections.
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What is the clause about?
Naturalization is a route to citizenship according to the Citizenship Act. The candidate must have lived in Bharat for 11 of the previous 14 years and for the last 12 months. For people who follow six different religions—Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi, and Christian—and three different nations—Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan—the statute reduces the initial 11-year sentence to six years. The law further stipulates that in the event that a rule is broken, Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders’ registration may be cancelled.
Why did the law’s creation take so long?
Since the regulations governing its application had not yet been announced, this law could not be put into effect until now, but the path has now been cleared. The Parliamentary Rules of Business stipulate that any law’s rules must be made within six months of the President’s assent; if not, the government must ask the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha’s subordinate legislation committees for an extension of time. The Parliamentary Committee has been granting the Home Ministry regular extensions since 2020 in order to create regulations.
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