Indian nationality law: Difference between revisions

The Indian legislation related to this matter is '''The Citizenship Act, 1955''', which has been amended by the Citizenship (Amendment) Acts of 1986, 1992, 2003, 2005, 2015 and 2019. The 1986 amendment restricted citizenship by birth to require that at least one parent had to be an Indian citizen. The 2003 amendment further restricted that aspect by requiring that a parent could not be an illegal immigrant. The 2003 amendment also mandated the Government of India to construct a [[National Register of Citizens]]. The [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|2019 amendment]] provided an easier path to citizenship for minorities persecuted on the basis of religion, i.e Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsi and Christians from the neighbouring Muslim-majority countries of Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan who entered India before December 2014. These two measures have given rise to [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests|large-scale protests]] in India in 2019.