CAA Guidelines: The Centre has expanded the scope of guidelines issued underneath the Citizenship Modification Act (CAA), via which persecuted minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, or Pakistan can be granted Indian citizenship.
The Union Dwelling Ministry has introduced that any doc issued by the Centre, state authorities, or a quasi-judicial physique in India proving that any of the dad and mom, grandparents or great-grandparents is or has been a citizen of any of those three nations can be acceptable.
Candidates have been dealing with difficulties
This clarification from the Dwelling Ministry comes at a time when many candidates searching for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship (Modification) Act 2019 have been dealing with difficulties resulting from a selected part of the Citizenship (Modification) Guidelines, 2024.
The sooner part of the Citizenship (Modification) Guidelines, 2024 stated, “Any doc displaying that any of the dad and mom or grandparents or nice grandparents of the applicant is or has been a citizen of any of the three nations, specifically, Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan.”
It stated, “The above clarification could also be considered when deciding any citizenship utility underneath the Citizenship (Modification) Act (CAA) —2019.”
CAA was applied in December 2019
The CAA was enacted in December 2019 to grant Indian citizenship to persecuted Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi, and Christian migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan who arrived there on or earlier than December 31, 2014. After enactment, the CAA obtained the President’s assent. However, the guidelines under which Indian citizenship can be granted were launched solely on March 11 this year, after a four-year delay.
The federal government has been granting citizenship to individuals coming from three nations underneath CAA since Could. When CAA was accepted within the yr 2019, there have been protests in numerous components of the nation and the agitators termed it as discriminatory. Greater than 100 individuals misplaced their lives throughout anti-CAA protests or police motion in numerous components of the nation.