The Central government on Monday notified rules for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.
The announcement was made by the Ministry of Home Affairs on X (formerly called Twitter).
The Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 will enable the persons eligible under CAA-2019 to apply for grant of Indian citizenship. The applications will be submitted in a completely online mode for which a web portal has been provided, read the MHA post on X.
CAA will facilitate the granting of citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, who came to India on or before December 31, 2014.
Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha passed the Bill in December 2019. It subsequently got the President’s assent, however, widespread protests broke out in several parts of the country against the controversial Act. The agitation claimed more than 100 lives and left scores injured.
As per the Manual on Parliamentary Work, the rules for any legislation should be framed within six months of Presidential assent or the government has to seek an extension from the Committees on Subordinate Legislation in both Houses of Parliament.
MHA has been taking extensions at regular intervals from the Parliamentary Committee for framing the rules since 2020.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has created a portal for the convenience of the applicants as the entire process will be online. The applicants will have to declare the year when they entered India without furnishing any travel documents.