New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs is likely to notify the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) Rules by today late night.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act became a law in December 2019, but has been non-functional for the last four years as the Ministry of Home Affairs sought repeated extensions to frame the rules under it.
The CAA was passed in the Lok Sabha on December 10, 2019 and in the Rajya Sabha two days later after it was introduced in the Upper House by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Big News: Union Home Ministry may notify Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules across India by today late night.
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The Act aims to provide citizenship to Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians purportedly fleeing persecution from India’s Muslim-majority neighbours; namely, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
