A member of Lok Sabha asked the Home Affairs Minister (a) if the government was aware it missed the deadline to frame rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and (b) the reasons for not framing them. The Minister of State responded that (a) while the CAA was notified in December 2019 and came into force in January 2020, the time to frame the rules has been extended until January 2022 as the Subordinate Legislation Committees of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were requested to grant more time, and (b) did not provide further details on the reasons for not framing the rules on time.

1. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1335
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27TH
JULY, 2021/ SRAVANA 05, 1943 (SAKA)
CAA RULES
1335. SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) Whether the Government is aware of missing the deadline to frame and
notify Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) rules, if, so, the steps taken
by the Government to frame it; and
(b) if, not the reasons thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI NITYANAND RAI)
(a) & (b): The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) has been notified on
12.12.2019 and has come into force w.e.f. 10.01.2020. The Committees on
Subordinate Legislation, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been requested
to grant further extension of time upto 09.01.2022 to frame the rules under
the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.
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