The Union Cabinet has cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there, sources said on Wednesday.
A bill to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955, is likely to be introduced in the Parliament in the next two days, the sources said.
The Union Cabinet has cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there, sources said on Wednesday.
A bill to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955, is likely to be introduced in the Parliament in the next two days, the sources said.