CAA

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) is a law enacted in India in 2019 that provides a pathway to Indian citizenship for non-Muslim immigrants from neighboring countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, who have faced religious persecution. It offers them a quicker route to citizenship if they arrived in India before December 2014. The law aims to protect persecuted minorities but has been controversial, with debates over its impact on secularism and its exclusion of Muslim immigrants. The CAA is part of India's broader immigration and citizenship policies, balancing humanitarian concerns with national regulations.