The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday handed over citizenship certificates to 14 people under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. This is the first set to certificates issued under CAA.
Union Home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla handed over the certificates in New Delhi after their applications were processed online through a designated portal. Home secretary congratulated the applicants and highlighted salient features of the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024.
The CAA was enacted in December 2019 for granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who came to India on or before December 31, 2014. These include Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians.
After the enactment, the CAA got the president's assent but the rules under which the Indian citizenship was granted were issued only on March 11 this year after over four years delay.
It may be noted that the citizens of India will not be impacted by CAA. It was introduced only to benefit the six minorities from the neighbouring countries of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
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