CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The bill exempts the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura from its applicability. It also exempts the areas regulated through the Inner Line Permit, which include Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland. The inclusion of Manipur in Inner Line Permit was also announced on 9 December 2019.

Detailed explanation-2: -The State Government claims that the ILP can not be introduced in Assam, as Assam is the gateway to North-East India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The CAA, therefore, does not exclude Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan to apply for Indian citizenship.

Detailed explanation-4: -CAA does not encourage illegal migration to Assam These migrants are already residing in India and the Amendment Act does not have any provision to provide for grant of citizenship to any migrants who would have come after 31.12. 2014. Therefore, CAA does not in any way encourage illegal migration into Assam.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 seeks to grant citizenship to a class of migrants belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan. The Act was passed on December 12, 2019 and was notified on January 10, 2020.