Citizenship Amendment Act 2019: All you need to know
On 12th December 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, turning it into the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. According to an official notification, the Act comes into effect with its publication in the official gazette on 12th December 2019. Protests over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) spread across the country with students, some sections of the civil society and opposition political parties holding demonstrations at several places urging the Centre to revoke the Act. Citizenship Amendment Act 2019: All you need to know This bill that now has become an Act makes it easier for the non-Muslim immigrants from India's three Muslim-majority neighbours — Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan — to become citizens of India. Though the Bill doesn't spell it out clearly, but the fact that it entitles Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians facing religious p...