Centre Amends Rules for Minorities from Three Nations

As per the new rules notified on December 03, 2018, the Central government has made the changes under Section 18 of the Citizenship Act, 1955.

  • Under the amendments, a separate entry in the form will ask the applicant: Do you belong to one of the minority communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan — Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis, Sikhs and Christians?

Proposed Amendment

  1. The contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, is pending in Parliament, but the Union Home Ministry has notified amendments to the Citizenship Rules, 2009, to include a separate column in the citizenship form for applicants belonging to six minority communities from Pakistan, ....

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