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MHA invitations purposes for Indian citizenship from non-Muslim refugees from Afghan, Pak, Bangladesh

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The Centre on Friday invited non-Muslims like Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists belonging to Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and residing in 13 districts in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to use for Indian citizenship.
The Union residence ministry issued a notification on this impact for rapid implementation of the order beneath the Citizenship Act 1955 and Rules framed beneath the legislation in 2009 although the foundations beneath the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) enacted in 2019 are but to be framed by the federal government.
When the CAA was enacted in 2019, there have been widespread protests in several components of the nation and even riots happened in Delhi in early 2020 within the wake of those protests.
According to the CAA, Indian citizenship might be given to non-Muslim persecuted minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan — Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian — who had come to India until December 31, 2014.
“In exercise of powers conferred under Section 16 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), the central government hereby directs that powers exercisable by it for registration as citizen of India under Section 5, or for grant of certificate of naturalisation under section 6 of the Citizenship Act 1955 in respect of any person belonging to minority community in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan namely, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians, residing in the districts mentioned and the states mentioned below….,” the house ministry notification mentioned.