CAA that grants citizenship to 6 religious minorities implemented in India: 5 facts explained
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will be notified today, of the Rules under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA-2019). These rules, called the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 will enable the persons eligible under CAA-2019 to apply for a grant of Indian citizenship," Union Minister for Home Affairs said in a post on X. “The applications will be submitted in a completely online mode for which a web portal has been provided," it added.
1. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) expedites the Indian citizenship process for 6 religious minorities- Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian. 2.
The rules dictate that the people from the 6 religious minorities, who are persecuted in 3 countries- Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and migrated to India before 31 December 2014 are eligible to get citizenship under the CAA 2019. 3. CAA removes the legal barriers to resettlement and citizenship of these persecuted minorities by reducing the years of their resident status in India from 11 to 5 years.
It means if people from the 6 religious minorities migrated to India from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh 5 years before 31 December 2014 will become eligible to get Indian citizenship under the CAA 2019. 4. In the order, the Home Ministry cleared that the CAA doesn't snatch away the citizenship of any Indian citizen and is only meant to help those people who have been facing religious persecution for years and have no other country to go to except India.
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