The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, which takes effect on January 10, 2020, grants citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh who fled due to religious persecution. The act reduces the period for naturalization from 12 years to 6 years for these minority communities and allows individuals who entered India by December 31, 2014, to apply for citizenship regardless of their documentation status. Additionally, pending illegal migration proceedings will be terminated upon the granting of citizenship to eligible individuals.

1. Citizenship Amendment Act,2019
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
As the implementation comes into force on 10th January
2020, it will benefit the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and
Christian immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and
Bangladesh who were compelled to take refuge in India due
to harassment on religious grounds.
The power of the Central Government to register someone as a citizen of India or issue a certificate of
Nationality under Article 6 has been delegated to 29 Districts and 9 states, in case of any person of the
minority community of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan.
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And to those who have entered India by 31st December 2014,
without valid documents or with valid documents but the
validity of those period has expired.
In respect of all the 6 abovementioned communities,
irrespective of their date of entry in India, the period of
nationalization has been reduced to 6 years from 12 years.
Any pending proceeding related to illegal migration shall
stand terminated on the granting of citizenship to such people.
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