The Central government on Monday strengthened the institutional mechanism for processing citizenship applications in West Bengal by constituting two state-level empowered committees under the Citizenship Rules, 2009, as part of the framework laid down under Section 6B of the Citizenship A
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted an empowered committee for West Bengal for processing and grant of citizenship applications under specified provisions of the amended law.
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notification inviting Indian citizenship applications from non-Muslim refugees belonging to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.