Q. On which date, the Centre notified the Rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)?
(a) March 11, 2024
(b) April 11, 2023
(c) May 18, 2023
(d) March 23, 2024
Answer: a
On March 11, 2024, the Centre notified the Rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), setting the stage for the implementation of the controversial law more than four years after its passage in Parliament in December 2019.
The CAA aims to provide citizenship to thousands of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, or Christian migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who entered India before December 31, 2014, and have been living in the country illegally or on long-term visas (LTV).
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