CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT Subject : Legislations Context : With the Centre yet to frame rules under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019, it issued a gazette notification Friday granting powers under existing rules to authorities in 13 districts of Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab to accept, verify and approve citizenship applications from […]

    CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT Subject : National Legislations Context : The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that a parliamentary committee on subordinate legislation had granted it extension till April 9 to frame the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019 rules. Concept : The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 seeks to […]