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The government seeks an extension until January 9 for framing CAA rules: Minister

The principal authorities has sought extension until January nine for framing guidelines of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which turned into surpassed by using Parliament in 2019, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai knowledgeable Lok Sabha on Tuesday.


He was replying to a query from Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on whether the authorities had overlooked the closing date to border and notify CAA rules and the steps taken on this context.



"The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) has been notified on 12.12.2019 and has come into force w.E.F. 10.01.2020, the minister stated.


"The Committees on Subordinate Legislation, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha had been requested to provide further extension of time upto 09.01.2022 to frame the regulations underneath the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019," Rai stated.


The CAA envisages to supply Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.


This is the fifth extension sought by the government for framing of those guidelines.


According to the Manual on Parliamentary Work, the regulations for any rules have to had been framed within six months of presidential assent or are seeking extension.


The goal of the CAA is to supply Indian citizenship to persecuted minorities like Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.


Those from those groups who had come to India till December 31, 2014, dealing with non secular persecution there, will not be treated as illegal immigrants however given Indian citizenship.


After the CAA was surpassed by using Parliament, vast protests have been witnessed in extraordinary elements of the u . S . A . Leading to deaths of almost a hundred people in police firing and associated violence.

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