Paper: GS – II, Subject: Polity, Topic: Legal issues, Issue: Issues surrounding the New Foreigners Act.
Context:
The Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 came into effect on 1st September 2025, consolidating and modernising India’s fragmented framework for regulating entry, stay, movement, and exit of foreigners.
Key Takeaways:
India’s framework to deal with foreigners:
- Earlier framework: 4 different Acts such as Passport (Entry into India) Act (1920), Registration of Foreigners Act (1939), Foreigners Act (1946), Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act (2000).
- Problems:
- Fragmented, outdated & overlapping provisions.
- Manual reporting delays; poor enforcement.
- Scattered exemptions (Tibetan refugees, Nepal/Bhutan citizens, Sri Lankan Tamils).
- Ambiguity in visa, registration & protected area rules.
- Need: Clarity, centralisation, digitalisation, and uniformity.
Key Provisions of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 Act:
Exempted Categories:
Conclusion:
The new act brings clarity & uniformity in foreigner regulation. It improves national security & monitoring through digital enforcement and provides legal backing for humanitarian exemptions. It enhances India’s image as a modern rule-based immigration system
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/whats-in-new-foreigners-act-10231108
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