CAA ACT
CAA ACT
New Delhi: The Center on Monday announced the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act. The CAA was passed in December 2019 and subsequently received presidential approval but was criticized in many parts of the country. The bill could not be implemented because no bill had been promulgated yet. Union Minister Amit Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fulfilled new promises and fulfilled the promises made by the framers of the Constitution.
The Central Government has passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2024. This Act will now enable religiously persecuted minorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to acquire citizenship in our country. With this announcement, PM Modi has made a new commitment, he has realized the promise given by our constitution makers to the Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians living in those states,” Shah said in a statement issued on x so.
Given the CAA bill, the Modi government will now initiate persecution of non-Muslim immigrants from the three communities — Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians — an Indian nation. In 2019, the CAA amended the 1955 Citizenship Act to allow Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christian religious minorities who before December 2014 due to “religious persecution or” origin neighboring Muslim-majority Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and fleeing fear of religious persecution.”
Constitutional rights and humanitarian considerations Drawing attention to the constitutional framework, the MHA highlighted provisions that guarantee basic rights and citizenship to refugees facing religious persecution. This approach reflects India’s commitment to humanitarian principles and protects the rights of marginalized communities. Major provisions of CAA law The Act, framed by the Narendra Modi government and passed by Parliament in 2019, aims to provide relief to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who arrived in India before December 31, 2014. Regions a eligible include Hindus and Sikhs , Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, Christians.
The MHA notification states that the applicant will submit an application for registration as an Indian citizen or a certificate of citizenship as an Indian citizen under the act. The documents submitted by the applicant are verified by the district committee. The elected elder will take an oath of allegiance as outlined in Schedule II of the Citizenship Act and then sign the oath of allegiance and submit it to the Authorized Committee electronically to confirm receipt of documents in the security office of the sht The report is placed online by such agency and is accessible to the authorized Committee.
The government clarified that CAA has nothing to do with NRC. Established in 1951, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a comprehensive database of Indian citizens. It is placed under the administrative powers of deputy commissioners and sub-divisional officers. It has just been introduced in Assam, a state battling challenges due to illegal migration. The goal is twofold: to destroy people who are not allowed to enter and to act as a deterrent to possible migration.