The notification for the CAA comes ahead of the announcement of dates for the Lok Sabha elections by the Election Commission.
Centre implements CAA five years after its parliamentary approval . CAA, enacted on December 11, 2019, witnessed widespread protests , CAA provides fast-track citizenship to persecuted migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan
The Centre on Monday implemented the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), five years after it was passed in Parliament. The notification comes ahead of the announcement of dates for the Lok Sabha elections by the Election Commission of India.
The applications will be submitted in online mode for which a web portal has been provided.
Last month, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the CAA will be implemented before the Lok Sabha elections this year after issuing the rules in this regard.
As soon as the notification came protest also started against it , Assam political party Assam Jayiya Parishad protested against the. Notification in Guwhati
According to the annual report of the Ministry of Home Affairs for 2021-22, from April 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021, a total of 1,414 foreigners belonging to these non-Muslim minority communities from the three countries were given Indian citizenship by registration or naturalisation under the Citizenship Act of 1955.