The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been granted an extension for the seventh time from the Parliamentary Committees on Subordinate Legislation in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha to frame the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, said sources on Tuesday.
The time to frame CAA rules has been extended till December 31 this year by the Parliamentary Committees on Subordinate Legislation in the Rajya Sabha, and till January 9, 2023, by the Parliamentary Committees on Subordinate Legislation in the Lok Sabha.
The Parliamentary Committees gave their nod another time to extend rules for the CAA taking cognizance of a request made by the MHA as the earlier extension ended on October 9.
The Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by Parliament on December 11, 2019, and the Presidential approval came the next day.
In January 2020, the Ministry notified that the Act would come into force from January 10, 2020, but it later requested the Parliamentary Committees in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha to give it some more time to implement rules as the country was going through its worst ever health crisis due to Covid-19 pandemic.