Understanding NRC: What it is and if it can be implemented across the country In Assam, the Supreme Court-mandated and monitored exercise caused widespread disruption. In the state, one first had to produce documentary proof issued before March 24, 1971 – like the 1951 NRC or electoral rolls up to March 24, 1971 – to […]
Category: Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 by providing a path to Indian citizenship for Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian religious minorities fleeing persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.Muslims were not given such eligibility. The act was the first time religion had been used as a criterion for citizenship under Indian law. The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which […]
