Question

Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) intends to protect ...........

• A. Six Minority Communities from Two countries
• B. Six Minority Communities from Three countries
• C. Five Minority Communities from Two countries
• D. Five Minority Communities from Three countries

Hint:

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) provides expedited citizenship to specific religious minorities from neighboring countries.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 aims to provide protection and citizenship to six minority communities—Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians—who have faced persecution from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The Act is specifically aimed at these six communities who entered India before December 31, 2014.

Answer 2

The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) is a significant legislative amendment to the Citizenship Act, 1955. Its primary aim is to provide a pathway to Indian citizenship for certain persecuted minority communities from three neighboring countries.

Key Objective of CAA:
The Act intends to protect six minority communities—namely Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians—who have faced religious persecution in the following three countries:
1. Afghanistan
2. Bangladesh
3. Pakistan

These communities must have entered India on or before December 31, 2014, to be eligible for the benefits under this Act. The CAA relaxes the residency requirement for naturalization from 11 years to 5 years for these groups.

Rationale Behind the Act:
These six communities have been recognized as minorities in the aforementioned Islamic nations where, over the years, they have reportedly faced discrimination, violence, and religious persecution. The CAA is designed to offer them refuge and a legal path to Indian citizenship as a humanitarian measure.

Important Clarification:
The Act specifically applies to individuals who arrived in India due to religious persecution and does not apply to Muslims from these countries, as they are not considered religious minorities there.

Therefore, the correct answer is: Six Minority Communities from Three countries.