New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) through a notification on Monday empowered the collectors of Mehsana and Anand districts in Gujarat to grant citizenship certificates to six minority communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. These communities are - Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Christian, Buddhist and Jain
The October 31 notification was issued under the Citizenship Act, of 1955 and is not related to the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, which is yet to come into effect...Read More