नागरिकता संशोधन विधेयक 2019 क्या है

Information about Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019

Single citizenship has been adopted in India, so that every citizen of India is provided all the rights which are provided to the citizens in a democratic country. All these rights are very essential for human life, there are still many refugees in India , who have not been granted Indian citizenship, due to which they are deprived of many rights. Information about the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 is being given on this page.

Need for Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019

India was a big country since ancient times, but due to political turmoil, India has been divided into many countries, all these countries are now neighboring countries of India. Today, populations of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian communities are present in these neighboring countries, although their numbers are quite small. Their rights were not protected in the neighboring countries due to which they are coming and living in many parts of India, but till now they have not been given Indian citizenship. To give Indian citizenship to all of them, the Government of India has passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019.

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What is Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019?

9 दिसंबर 2019 को, लोकसभा ने नागरिकता (संशोधन) विधेयक 2019 को पारित किया। इस विधेयक का उद्देश्य पाकिस्तान, बांग्लादेश, और अफगानिस्तान से पलायन कर आए छह विशेष समुदायों—हिन्दू, ईसाई, सिख, जैन, बौद्ध, और पारसी—के शरणार्थियों को भारतीय नागरिकता प्रदान करना है। इस सूची में मुस्लिम समुदाय को शामिल न किए जाने के कारण विभिन्न राजनीतिक दलों से विरोध प्रकट हो रहा है, जिससे यह देश में एक विवादास्पद मुद्दा बन गया है। यह विधेयक 126वां संवैधानिक संशोधन विधेयक के रूप में मान्यता प्राप्त है और इसे लोकसभा में सफलतापूर्वक पारित किया गया है।.

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Amendment in Citizenship Amendment Bill 1955

The Citizenship Act 1955 states 5 conditions for obtaining Indian citizenship, such as birth, hereditary, registration, naturalization and territorial inclusion. This Act has been amended 7 times. In the Citizenship Amendment Bill 1955, it was mandatory for a person to live in India for at least 11 years to acquire citizenship by naturalization, which was later reduced to 6 years, but in the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, this period was reduced. to 5 years. The year has been done.
An OCI card can be granted to a person under the Citizenship Act 1955 if he or she is of Indian origin (eg, a former citizen of India or his or her descendant or the spouse of a person of Indian origin). Now the Act of 2019 gives OCI card the facility to travel to India, work and study in the country.
There was a provision in the Citizenship Act 2016 that the card of an OCI card holder can be canceled for these 5 reasons. Obtains registration fraudulently, shows disloyalty to the Constitution, promotes friendship with the enemy during war, interferes with the sovereignty of India, the security of the State or the public interest, or within 5 years of obtaining the registration of OCI card, he has been Suspended for two years or Have been sentenced to more imprisonment. Now the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 has amended this Act and added a provision that if any OCI card holder violates any law made by the Government of India, his OCI card can be cancelled.
According to the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, upon acquiring Indian citizenship, illegal immigrants will be deemed to be citizens of India from the date of entry (before December 31, 2014) and all legal proceedings against them in respect of their illegal migration will cease. However, the provisions on citizenship will not apply to illegal immigrants in the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, or Tripura.
This bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in the year 2016, but the opposition parties demanded to send this bill to the Joint Parliamentary Committee, after which the Joint Parliamentary Committee made some changes in this bill and handed it over to the Government of India. The Union Cabinet has given its approval to this new bill.
According to the provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019, people of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian religions from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh will be given freedom to live and work anywhere in India.