Rules Under Preparation for Over a Year, Centre Gets More Time to Implement Citizenship Amendment Act

NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday informed that the rules under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), passed in the winter session of Parliament in 2019, are being prepared and are expected to be framed by July this year.

Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply that the rules under CAA are under preparation. The committees on subordinate legislation, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been granted an extension of time up to April 9 and July 9 respectively to frame these rules under the CAA.

Rai said CAA was notified on December 12, 2019, and it came into force with effect from January 10, 2020. The Act facilitates granting of Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim minorities - Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian - of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The President gave his assent to the legislation on December 12, 2019.