More than four years after it was passed by Parliament, the law and its Rules aims to grant citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis who arrived in India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, on or before December 31, 2014.
The CAA was amended to specify the religious categories that will avail the benefit of citizenship.
The amendment states that persons belonging to the above communities and nations, and who have been exempted by the Central government under the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920, or the Foreigners Act, 1946, shall not be treated as “illegal migrant”.
Consequently, such persons shall be eligible to apply for citizenship under the 1955 Act.
Source: Barandbench
