CAA of India

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) of India, enacted in 2019, provides a pathway to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities—Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians—from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan—who entered India before December 2014. It relaxes certain residency requirements and excludes Muslims from this specific provision. The law aims to protect specific groups facing religious persecution but has been controversial, with debates surrounding its impact on secularism, citizenship, and the rights of different communities in India.