NRC: Documents needed to prove Indian citizenship
New Delhi, Dec 21: No Indian citizen will be unduly harassed or put to inconvenience by asking to prove citizenship by showing documents like birth certificates of parents or grandparents dating back to a period before 1971, the Home Ministry said.
In a series of tweets, a ministry spokesperson said illiterate citizens not having any documents, will be allowed to produce witnesses or local proofs supported by members of community.
"#Citizenship of India may be proved by giving any document relating to date of birth or place of birth or both. Such a list is likely to include a lot of common documents to ensure that no Indian citizen is unduly harassed or put to inconvenience," the spokesperson said.
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well
laid-out
procedure
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regard
will
be
issued
by
the
home
ministry.
"Indian
citizens
do
not
have
to
prove
any
ancestry
by
presenting
documents
like
identity
cards,
birth
certificates
etc
of
parents/grandparents
dating
back
to
pre-1971
situation,"
the
spokesperson
said.
The tweets came a week after the Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by the Parliament and assented by the President last week.
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According to the CAA, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014 and facing religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants, and be given Indian citizenship.