Citizenship Act CAA implemented ahead of Lok Sabha polls

The applications will be submitted in online mode for which a web portal has been provided.

The Centre on Monday implemented the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), five years after it was passed in Parliament. The notification comes ahead of the announcement of dates for the Lok Sabha elections by the Election Commission of India.

The applications will be submitted in online mode for which a web portal has been provided.

Last month, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the CAA will be implemented before the Lok Sabha elections this year after issuing the rules in this regard.