The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) came into effect on Monday. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. However, this law will not be implemented in the tribal areas of the North-Eastern states.
According to news agency PTI, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 will not be implemented in most tribal areas of the northeastern states, including areas granted special status under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
These states will get an exemption
Officials cited the rules of the law notified on Monday and said that tribal areas where autonomous councils were formed under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution have also been kept out of the purview of the CAA. These autonomous councils exist in Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura.
What is CAA?
Let us tell you that under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh will get Indian citizenship. Will provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees who arrived before December 31, 2014, due to religious persecution from countries neighboring India.
The date of the oath-taking ceremony of Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu as the Chief M
The body of social media influencer Kamal Kaur alias Kanchan Kumari was recovered from a car park
Singer Zubeen Garg's manager, Siddharth Sharma, and Shyamkanu Mahant, chief organizer of the Nort
The Indian team made a strong start against Bangladesh, with the opening pair of Abhishek Sharma
Cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma's divorce was once one of the most talked-about t
A very powerful picture emerged from the platform of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Shah Rukh Khan has received the National Film Award for the film 'Jawaan'. This is the first time
The Indian team's England tour is over, and now the next mission of Team India is the Asia Cup. B
The US Justice Department claimed in a New York court that veteran businessman Gautam Adani and o
Bahraich: Another wolf caught... Five wolves have been captured so far, one still out of reach
Another wolf was caught in Bahraich late on Monday night. So far five wolves have been caught her
