Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Citizenship_Amendment_Act_(CAA)
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Indian legislation
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Citizenship_Act,_1955
gptkbp:controversy alleged discrimination against Muslims
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Indian_National_Congress
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:Amnesty_International
gptkbp:dateEnacted 11 December 2019
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:excludes gptkb:Muslims
gptkbp:gazetted 12 December 2019
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
gptkbp:legalChallenge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
gptkbp:minimumResidencyPeriodReducedTo 5 years
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Hindi
English
gptkbp:previousResidencyRequirement 11 years
gptkbp:providesCitizenshipTo gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hindus
gptkb:Sikhs
gptkb:Parsis
Jains
gptkbp:refugees gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Assam_Accord
gptkb:National_Register_of_Citizens_(NRC)
gptkbp:rulesNotifiedOn 11 March 2024
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:CAA
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:President_of_India
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Bharatiya_Janata_Party
gptkbp:triggeredProtests 2019–2020 Indian protests
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Register_of_Citizens_(NRC)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7