CURRENT AFFAIRS
Citizenship Act 2019 - 8 Things You Should Know!
No 1 - The purpose to introduce
a new amendment in the citizenship act
is to get protection from all the illegal
immigrants. In other words, the Hindu’s,
Sikh’s, Christians and Muslims who
are from Pakistan, Bangladesh and
Afghanistan need to prove that they
are legal citizens by submitting legal
documents.
No 2 - There have been several
protests against this change in the
Citizenship Act. People are expressing a
violent reaction to this rule.
No 3 - 12 years is the basic
eligibility criteria for naturalization, if the
Hindu’s, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists and
Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan and
Bangladesh don’t have their documents,
they will be given Indian citizenship in 6
years.
No 4 - The problem has arisen
because petitioners think that Muslims are
deprived of their rights in the Constitution.
No 5 - Details about the act
> This law is applicable to the citizens who
were forced to seek shelter in India because
of being ill-treated on the ground of religion
> This law is essential to protect such
people from illegal migration
> The present citizenship law says :
a citizen should have entered India on or
before December 31, 2014
Or, the citizen should have been born and
lived in India for 11 years at least
No 6 -
Why should this bill be
implemented?