Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)

• The Central Government has implemented the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

• It has notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024.

• It makes minorities from six communities persecuted on religious grounds in three countries eligible for Indian citizenship.

• The six communities are Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian.

• These three countries are Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

• The CAA provides Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from three countries who came to India till December 31, 2014.

• The President had approved the Citizenship Amendment Act on 12 December 2019.