https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=22278 The Act excludes from the definition of illegal migrant persons of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan who entered India on or before 31 December 2014 and were exempted from passport or foreigners law provisions; it enables the Central Government or a specified authority to grant certificates of registration or naturalisation to such persons, deems them citizens from their date of entry, abates pending illegal migration or citizenship proceedings on conferment, excludes certain tribal and Inner Line areas, and reduces the Third Schedule residence qualification to five years for these persons. en-us Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:48:48 +0530 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:58:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=22278 The Act excludes from the definition of illegal migrant persons of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan who entered India on or before 31 December 2014 and were exempted from passport or foreigners law provisions; it enables the Central Government or a specified authority to grant certificates of registration or naturalisation to such persons, deems them citizens from their date of entry, abates pending illegal migration or citizenship proceedings on conferment, excludes certain tribal and Inner Line areas, and reduces the Third Schedule residence qualification to five years for these persons. News - Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:48:48 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=22278