Government amended a provision of the Rules of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA).
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has amended a provision of the Rules of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) that requires applicants seeking citizenship to submit a document by any government authority.
As per the new rule, Schedule 1A of the act has been expanded to include any document issued by the State or the Central government or any quasi-judicial authority in India.
Under Schedule 1A of the CAA, applicants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan have to submit the document to prove their nationality.
The CAA Rules also enabled local priests or a “locally reputed community institution” to issue the mandatory certificates certifying the faith of an applicant.
CAA has a provision to provide citizenship of India to six non-Muslim communities from the three countries who entered India before December 31, 2014.
