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According to the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019, individuals who entered India on or before _______ and belong to the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian community from Pakistan, Afghanistan or Bangladesh are eligible for citizenship.
31 December 2014
31 December 2017
31 December 2016
31 December 2015
31 December 2014
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, provides a path to Indian citizenship for undocumented migrants belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. To qualify, these individuals must have entered India on or before December 31, 2014, and faced religious persecution in their home countries.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, provides a path to Indian citizenship for undocumented migrants belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. To qualify, these individuals must have entered India on or before December 31, 2014, and faced religious persecution in their home countries.
The Citizenship Amendment Act amends the Citizenship Act of 1955, which is the primary legislation governing citizenship in India, originally enacted to fulfill the constitutional requirements under Articles 5-11.
Applicable to religious minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
The Act specifically excludes Muslim migrants from these neighboring countries.
The cut-off date is set as December 31, 2014, to determine the period of residency/entry.
The act reduces the residency requirement for naturalization from 11 years to 5 years for these specific groups.
It grants legal protection against deportation or imprisonment for the specified categories who entered before the cut-off date.
Option D (31 December 2015) and others are common distractors used to test knowledge of the exact legislative notification date.
A is correct тАФ The Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 specifies 31 December 2014 as the cut-off date for eligibility.
Link this with Part II of the Indian Constitution (Articles 5-11) which defines original citizenship; CAA 2019 is a special legislative amendment to the Citizenship Act, 1955.
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