CAA implemented in the country-
Before the announcement of the dates of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Modi government has issued the notification of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the country. Let us tell you, it has been almost 5 years since CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) was passed by the Parliament. But now the Central Government has taken a big decision and step and implemented CAA in the country. Now CAA i.e. Citizenship Amendment Act will be implemented in the country from today itself. Under this law, now displaced minorities from three neighboring countries will get Indian citizenship. However, for Indian citizenship they will have to apply in the online portal prepared by the Government of India.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was amended by the PM Modi-led central government in the year 2019. Under this law, a provision was made to give Indian citizenship to 6 minorities (Christians, Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Parsis and Buddhists) from three countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan) who came to India before December 31, 2014. According to the rules of law, the right to grant citizenship to all the minorities coming to India from these three countries will be in the hands of the Central Government.
What is CAA-
CAA i.e. (Citizenship Amendment Act) has a provision to give citizenship in the country to people of other religions except Muslim citizens of three neighboring countries of India. Regarding this law, the Central Government has prepared a web portal in which they (minorities of the three countries) will have to apply. They will have to register in this portal. And after their registration, they will be investigated by the government and after that they will be given Indian citizenship. Along with this, the displaced minorities coming from these three Muslim countries (Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan) will not be required to provide any documents.
Under the Citizenship Act 1955, more than 30 district magistrates and home secretaries in 9 states of the country have been given Indian citizenship to people of Sikh, Jain, Parsi, Hindu, Christian and Buddhist religions coming from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the last two years. Has been given powers. According to the annual report of the Home Ministry for the year 2021-22, about 1414 foreigners from non-Muslim minorities of Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan have been given Indian citizenship from 1 April 2021 to 31 December 2021. The nine states in which citizenship has been given to non-Muslim minorities from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan include Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan.