KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CAA AND NRC

Either you can trust these people or can concern with a one having knowledge about these acts. This article will give you all the basic necessary information about the most trending articles the CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT and NATIONAL REGISTER of CITIZEN.

Since the citizenship amendment bill have been passed in 2019 there is a state of utter confusion nationwide. People especially the Muslims of the country is really in a state of confusion that will the CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT (CAA) and NATIONAL REGISTER of CITIZEN (NRC) will deny citizenship to certain existing Indian citizens or Indian Muslims.

The CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT is based on religion with the acceptance of the minorities (Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christians) thrusting on an exclusion of the Muslims from those immigrants from the three Muslim-majority neighbors of India- Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan seeking India’s citizenship. Whereas the NATIONAL REGISTER of CITIZEN is unbiased of religion. It’s an act for seeking any illegal immigrant irrespective of their caste, creed or religion and to detain them and to deport them.

Before just talking further on the topic that is it right to implement NRC in Assam only or it's fine implementing CAA nationwide or is the CAA or NRC is against the Indian Muslims let’s just know what these are.

 WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT (CAA)?

On 11 December 2019, the Indian Parliament passed a bill which then finally became an act the bill named CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT BILL (CAB) was converted into an act by a total of 125 votes in favor of it in Rajya Sabha (upper house). The CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT is an opening for the minorities of the three Muslim-majority neighbors- Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who are seeking Indian citizenship. The minorities included in this act who are eligible for applying for Indian Citizenship are as follows:

• Hindu
• Sikh
• Buddhist
• Parsi
• Jain
• Christians

 The act was the the first instance of religion being used as a criterion for citizenship under the Indian nationality law. Under this act (2019 amendment) the migrants who have entered India before 31 December 2014, and had suffered “religious persecution or fear of religious persecution” in their country of origin were made eligible for citizenship. According to a survey by the Intelligence Bureau of India a sum of 31.313 refugees: 25,447 Hindus, 5,807 Sikhs, 55 Christians, 2 Buddhists, and 2 Parsis will be provided immediate beneficiary of the act. The amendment also relaxed the residency requirement for naturalization of these migrants from twelve years to six. These are the main points one must be knowing about the CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT. Before any further discussion let’s talk of the NRC what it is.

 What is NATIONAL REGISTER OF CITIZENS (NRC)?

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a register of all Indian citizens whose creation is mandated by 2003 amendment of the Citizenship Act, 1955. It has been implemented for the state of Assam starting in 2013–2014. The Government of India plans to implement it for the rest of the country in 2021. According to the Citizenship Rules, 2003, the central government can issue an order to prepare the National Population Register (NPR) and create the NRC based on the data gathered in it. The 2003 amendment further states that the local officials would then decide if the person's name will be added to the NRC or not, thereby deciding his citizenship status. No new rules or laws are needed to conduct this exercise in the whole of India.

Assam, being a border state with unique problems of illegal immigration, had an NRC created for it in 1951 based on 1951 census data.^]However, it was not maintained afterward. The Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act, 1983 was then passed by the Parliament, creating a separate tribunal process for identifying illegal migrants in Assam. The Supreme Court of India struck it down as unconstitutional in 2005, after which the Government of India agreed to update the Assam NRC.

Following unsatisfactory progress on the process of updating the Assam NRC for over a decade, the Supreme Court started directing and monitoring the process in 2013. The final updated NRC for Assam, published on 31 August 2019, contained 31 million (3.1 crores) names out of its population of 33 million (3.3 crores), leaving out 1.9 million (19 lakh) applicants. These 1.9 million residents who were not on the list were in danger of losing their citizenship. Many of those affected were Bengali Hindus, who constitute a major voter base for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the majority party at the center. After the completion of the Assam NRC exercise, the BJP did not find the results meeting its expectations. It is believed that several legitimate citizens were excluded while illegal migrants were included. The register was created because "illegal migration from Bangladesh has long been a concern" in Assam. The Amendment of 1955 Citizenship Act, in part, helps protect non-Muslims who are not in the register and face arrest or deportation.

The ruling government of BJP has promised to implement the NRC for all of India in its election manifesto and during its speeches while campaigning for the 2019 Indian general election. On 19 November 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah, declared in the Rajya Sabha of the Indian parliament that the NRC will be implemented throughout the country.

IS THE CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT AGAINST THE INDIAN MUSLIMS?

Okay as of now we are aware of both the CAB and NRC. Now let’s see why the Indian Muslims are against it or we can say are angry with this act wait not only the Indian Muslims are angry with this act even the people from northeast mainly from Assam are angry too. The reason behind this is that there is a perception that has come into existence that the CAA will deny the rights of the Indian Muslims. But the truth is that the act doesn’t harm anyone’s right and even if someone tries to do that it won’t be happening. If talking of the people of Assam why are they angry with this act or are against it then the result of this is the protest just seems to be because of fear. The fear that if illegal Bengali Hindu migrants from Bangladesh, will be given the citizenship then they will threaten the culture and the linguistic identities of the state.

This just not end up here. It extends more because of the connection made between both the acts of the CAA and NRC. The CAA makes the way easy to get citizenship for the minorities of the three Muslim Majority neighbors- Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan that doesn’t mean that it will take away the citizenship of their own blood Muslim people. And even the NRC will not take away the citizenship of anyone, it will just detect the illegal immigrants and detain them, who can be from any faith, caste or religion. Moreover, the nationwide NRC is still at the proposal stage.

What is oppositions argument?

The opposition said that CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT made the Indian Muslim as the second-class citizens of India by providing special treatments to the other communities of India. They say that this act violates Article 14, the fundamental right to equality to all persons. They say that no government can reshape the basic structure of the constitution.

QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN UNANSWERED:

·    Who is miss leading the citizens of India?

·       Why India Muslims are insecure?

·       Who is connecting the acts of CAA and NRC?