SRINAGAR: A day after the implementation of rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by the central government, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) provided a web portal on Tuesday for people persecuted from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh on religious grounds of six minority communities – Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians– to apply for Indian citizenship.
MHA launched a portal for people eligible to apply for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019.
A mobile app ‘CAA-2019’ will also be launched shortly to facilitate applications through mobile app.
The Centre on Monday implemented the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, notifying the rules four years after the law was passed by Parliament to fast-track citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014.
With the unveiling of the rules, the Modi Government will now start granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants — Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians — from the three countries. The rules comes into force with immediate effect.
