Updated On: 14 March, 2024 05:34 PM IST | Hamirpur | PTI
The CAA is a legislation that will grant citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from and not snatch it, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said

Anurag Thakur. File Pic/PTI
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act is a legislation that will grant citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan and not snatch it, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Thursday.
The Centre on Monday announced implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, paving the way for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014.