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3. Citizenship –The position or status of being a
citizen of a particular country .
Persecution-Persecution is the systematic
mistreatment of an individual or group by
another individual or group.
Immigrant-A person who comes to live
permanently in a foreign country.

4. The Act was passed by
both houses of
parliament with a clear
majority.
The Act aims to provide
citizenship to those who
had been forced to seek
shelter in India.

5. 3.Citizenship Amendment Act
2019:key changes
 Changes in the definition of Illegal Migrant: Any
person belonging to Hindu ,Sikh , Buddhist, Jain, Parsi
or Christian community from Pakistan, Afghanistan or
Bangladesh, who entered into INDIA on or before the
31st day of December,2014 shall not be treated as
illegal migrant for the purpose of this ACT.
 Changes in the process of Acquiring citizenship:The
aggregate residence period required for immigrants to
obtain citizenship of INDIA was 11 years. It is made
5years for person belonging to Hindu,Sikh,Buddhist
,Jain,Parsi or Christian community in
Afghanistan,Bangaladesh or pakistan.

6. 1. why only 6 community are included in the
process of CAA 2019?
The 6 communities are minorities are facing
religious persecution in 3 countries.
critism:
even if the government grants citizenship to
these citizens, there are already 132 crore
Indian citizen in India who are facing issues like
,job losses, Unemployement, children are
facing Malnourishement.

7. Though this legislation covers refugees
from three countries, the indigenous people
of assam fear it will primarily benefit illegal
Bengali Hindu migrants from Bangladesh
who have settled in large number across
the state.The Assamese fear that if
citizenship is granted to Bangla -speaking
Hindu immigrants from Bangladesh, they
will outnumbered Assames-speaking
people in the state .unlike in the rest of
India ,where people are questioning the
exclusive of Muslims ,the Assamese don’t
want immigrants of any religion, whether
Hindu or Muslim.
2.Why is Assam protesting against the CAA?

10. National Register of Citizens(NRC) is a
verified digital register containing names and
basic demographic information about all
Indian Citizens in a digital format.(under
citizenship act 1955)
A person born in India or having Indian
parentage or having residence in India for at
least 11 years ,is eligible for Indian
Citizenship.

11. .
The NRC identified illegal immigrants from
Assam on the Supreme court’s order.
This has been a state-specific exercise to keep
it’s ethnic uniqueness unaltered.
After the enactment of Citizenship
Amendment Bill (CAA) there has been
nationwide unrest against it.

12. 1. CAA is separate law and NRC is a separate process.
2. The CAA has come into force nationwide after it’s
passage from parliament ,while the NRC rules and
procedure for the country yet to be decided.
3. CAA is based on religion where as NRC is not based
on religion any person can be cnsidered as INDIAN if
they have valid documents.
4. The NRC process that is going on in Assam has been
implemented by the Hon’ble supreme court and
mandated by the Assam Accord.
5. CAA will grant citizenship to religious minorities who
entered into India before December 31,2014

14. Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)
1. Is NRC a part of the CAA?
 No.CAA is separate law and NRC is a
separate process.
2. Do Indian Muslims need to worry
about CAA+NRC?
 There is no need for an Indian citizen of any
religion to worry about CAAA and NRC .

15. 3. Will NRC be for people of a particular
religion?
 No.NRC has nothing to do with any religion
at all.NRC is for every citizen of India.If a
person is having valid doucument then he or
she considered to be Indian citizen.
4.Will people be excluded in NRC on religious
grounds?
 No.NRC is not about any religion at all.
whenever NRC will be implemented it will be
never be applied on the basis of religion.