Syllabus: GS-II, Subject: Polity, Topic: Citizenship, Issue: Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019
Why in News: notifying the rules for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019.
Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019
- amended the Citizenship Act, 1955.
- Objective: To provide Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from three specific neighbouring countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
- It allows migrants from these three countries to apply for Indian citizenship through the naturalisation
Criticisms:
- Violates Article 14 (equality): For discriminating based on religion.
- Difficult to differentiate between illegal migrants and those persecuted.
- Other refugees, that include Tamils from Sri Lanka not covered under the Act.
| Prelims Connect: (Terms in News)
·        Citizenship is a subject matter under the Union list and hence only Parliament can make laws regarding it. ·        Naturalization is the legal process by which a non-citizen acquires the nationality of a country after birth. |
