-The Hindu The draft CAA, 2019 rules are likely to seek documents from applicants that they entered India before December 31, 2014 and that they belong to the six religions exempted under the Act. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) rules are expected to seek “proof of religion” as mentioned in government records, a senior official of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Monday. The draft CAA, 2019, rules are likely to...
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CAA rules: Applicants to be asked to submit proof of religion too -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express Assam’s demand for time-bound applications set to be accepted. Under the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, currently being drafted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), besides proving that they came to India from Pakistan, Afghanistan or Bangladesh before December 31, 2014, applicants will also have to submit ‘proof of religion’. According to a Home Ministry official, this can be done by producing any Indian government document — acquired...
More »Why Punjab land decision has upset Dalits -Anju Agnihotri Chaba
-The Indian Express Over the last several days, various organisations in Punjab have been protesting against a revised land policy relating to village common land, which is known as ‘shamlat’ land. Over the last several days, various organisations in Punjab have been protesting against a revised land policy relating to village common land, which is known as ‘shamlat’ land. The state Cabinet recently approved an amendment to the Village Common Land (Regulation)...
More »503 Lok Sabha MPs including Amit Shah failed to furnish property details: RTI reply -Vineet Upadhyay
-The New Indian Express According to members of the Lok Sabha Declaration of Assets Rules 2004, every member should declare their property details within 90 days of their election. DEHRADUN: In a startling revelation, an RTI query revealed that 503 of 543 members of parliament from Lok Sabha have failed to furnish property details after getting elected in the May 2019 parliamentary elections. According to members of the Lok Sabha Declaration...
More »NPR: house-to-house verification planned -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu Data on parents’ place of birth to be gathered; register already has data of 119 crore residents The Narendra Modi government proposes to update the existing National Population Register, which already has an electronic database of more than 119 crore residents, by verifying the details of all respondents through house-to-house enumeration, according to an official manual on conducting the fresh NPR exercise. The NPR exercise has become controversial because the Citizenship...
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