Centre Pass the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA)
Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA): Recently on the March 11 2023 the Lok Sabha pass the bill of Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) which was pending from the Dec 2019, thus to 4 year lapse. After the implementation of the law, it provide citizenship rights to thousands of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, or Christian migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who entered India before December 31, 2014, and have been living in the country illegally or on long-term visas (LTV), thus leading to controversy between Hindu and Muslim of the country.
About the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA)
A.) Eligibility and RequirementsÂ
For the achievement of citizenship under the CAA the beneficiary needs to  from the specified countries ( Pakistan and Bangladesh will preferred more ) should had country of origin, religion, date of entry into India, and knowledge of an Indian language proof . As per CAA ruling, the law presumes that members of these communities faced religious persecution in their countries of origin and has reduced the period of citizenship by naturalization from 11 years to 5 .
B.) Proof required for the immigrants of origin
For the proof the land and birth, he/she needs to have various documents such as birth or educational institution certificates, identity documents, licenses, land or tenancy records, or any other document issued by these countries to prove their citizenship. Documents showing that the applicant’s parents, grandparents, or great grandparents were citizens of one of the three countries are also acceptable, even beyond their validity period, for establishment of the country of origin.
C.) Process of the CAA
The required person needs to submitted their proof through electronical media to their nearest District Level Committee (DLC) and processed by an Empowered Committee, both to be instituted by the Centre, where The Empowered Committee will be headed by a Director (Census Operations), will representatives from the Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau, FRRO, National Informatics Centre, and Postmaster General of the state.
To whom do the CAA provide the citizenship?
CAA is aimed to provide the citizenship to people of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, or Christian migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who entered India before December 31, 2014,Â
When was CAA 1st introduced?
CAA was 1st introduced in the year of Dec 2019
