The first set of citizenship certificates after the notification of Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024, about two months ago, were issued on Wednesday.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla handed over the citizenship certificates to some applicants in New Delhi today.
The Home Secretary congratulated the applicants and highlighted salient features of the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024.
Secretary Posts, Director (IB), Registrar General of India and senior officers were also present during the interactive session.
The Government of India had notified Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024, on 11th March 2024.
The rules envisage manner of application form, procedure for processing applications by the District Level Committee (DLC) and scrutiny and grant of citizenship by the state-level Empowered Committee (EC).
“In pursuance of these rules, applications have been received from persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who have entered into India up to 31.12.2014 on account of persecution on grounds of religion or fear of such persecution,” a Union Home Ministry statement said.
