In _____, the Indian Parliament passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).

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Answer 1

The correct answer is December 2019.

Key Points

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) was passed by the Indian Parliament on December 11, 2019.
The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAA Bill) was first introduced in 2016 in Lok Sabha for amending the Citizenship Act of 1955.
- A Joint Parliamentary Committee was tasked with reviewing this bill; the committee eventually turned in its findings on January 7, 2019.
- On January 8, 2019, the Lok Sabha enacted the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which expired on the same day as the 16th Lok Sabha was dissolved.
Amit Shah, the Minister of Home Affairs, reintroduced this bill in the 17th Lok Sabha on December 9, 2019, and it was subsequently passed in that house on December 10.
- On December 11, the Rajya Sabha also approved the measure.

Additional Information

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) 2019:
It amends the Citizenship Act of 1955 to grant citizenship to six non-Muslim populations (Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians) who entered India illegally on or before December 31, 2014, on the basis of their faith.
- These communities should be from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
Members of the six communities are released from prosecution under the Passport Act of 1920 and the Foreigners Act of 1946.
If a person has lived in India for 11 of the preceding 14 years and for the last 12 months, they are eligible under this statute.
- The period of residency has been shortened from 11 to 5 years for the designated class of undocumented migrants.