Contributing to the ongoing debates on citizenship, this book traces the Citizenship Act of India, 1955 from its inception, through the various amendments in 1986, 2003, and 2005. It includes detailed studies of
Indians raise their tied hands and shout slogans during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in New Delhi, India, Dec. 27, 2019. Photo by Manish Swarup /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Article content NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Monday announced rules to implement...
Opposition parties and civil society members in India criticized the act as contrary to secular principles enshrined in India's constitution as it excludes Muslims. With this new act, the centre government would grant Indian citizenship to those non-Muslim immigrants who had entered the country illeg...
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The Citizenship (Amendment) bill, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on 11th December 2019, and after receiving the assent from the President of India on 12th December 2019, the bill assumed the status of an act. As soon as the bill was passed in the Parliament...
Reflect | Act | Transform Founded in 2016, Young Leaders for Active Citizenship (YLAC) aims to increase the participation of young people in the policymaking process and build their capacity to lead change. Our interventions are designed to equip citizens with a better understanding of the ...
NEW DELHI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- India's top court Friday directed the local government of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh to refund millions of Indian rupees recovered from protestors of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). ...
1920, Passport (Entry into India) Rules, 1950, Foreigners Act 1946 and the Registration of Foreigners Rules, 1992. The policy, acts and rules relating to entry of foreigners into India are framed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) , Government of India.(website: http://mha.nic.in) ...
Until 2005, the Indian government did not permit dual citizenship, and this prevented many people of Indian descent from living and working in India. In response, theCitizenship Amendment Act of 2005was passed. The 2005 act created the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) category to allow foreig...
A person registered as OCI for five years is eligible to apply for grant of Indian citizenship under section 5(1)(g) of the Citizenship Act, 1955 if he/she has been residing in India for one year out of the five years before making the application. ...