Government notifies CAA rules
The ministry of home affairs on Monday notified the Citizenship Amendment rules. Notification of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 rules, delayed by over four years, enforces CAA in the entire country. (Photo/Agencies)
Opposition criticize BJP govt
The opposition parties have criticized the BJP government for passing the controversial act, which allows citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. (Photo/Agencies)
'Will resign if...': Assam CM
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has stated that he is willing to resign if any person who has not applied for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is granted citizenship. (Photo/Agencies)
Where CAA is already in force
Since 2022, govt has allowed 31 district magistrates and home secretaries of nine states to grant Indian citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who have come from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan under the Citizenship Act, 1955. These nine states are Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Maharashtra. (Photo/AI Image)
Why CAA notification was delayed
The delay is mainly for two reasons: Outbreak of mass protests in several parts of the country, leading to clashes between the agitators and the authorities, and the impact of Covid-19 pandemic that hit India in March 2020. (Photo/Agencies)
Rules after multiple extensions
The Manual on Parliamentary Work says that the rules for any legislation should be framed within six months of Presidential assent or seek an extension from the Committees on Subordinate Legislation in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Since 2020, the Union home ministry has been taking extensions at regular intervals. (Photo/Agencies)
What happens next
MHA has readied a portal for the convenience of applicants as the entire process will be online. Applicants will have to declare the year when they entered India without travel documents. The law itself says that benefits under CAA will be given to undocumented minorities from the three neighbouring countries. (Photo/Agencies)
Where CAA does not apply
The amendments introduced by CAA do not apply to areas covered by the Constitution]s sixth schedule. These are the autonomous tribal-dominated regions in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. CAA also does not apply to states with an inner-line permit (ILP) regime — primarily in the northeast. (Photo/Agencies)
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