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Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
This bill gives an opportunity to the crores of
persecuted minorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and
Afghanistan to live with dignity. Apart from this,
there are also provisions to provide citizenship to
such refugees who do not in any way go against
Indian-origin pilgrims of all religions can now any provision of the Constitution of India.
pay obeisance at Kartapur using this corridor. The central government took a historic decision to
No separate visa is required to go there. They
can visit Kartarpur with a valid passport. amend the citizenship law to solve the decades-
old problem to protect the rights and honor
An online portal launched for the registration of persecuted religious minorities in India's
of interested pilgrims. neighboring countries - Pakistan, Bangladesh,
Relief from GST to Langar. Afghanistan.
Program on the Prakash Parv of Dashmesh The Lok Sabha on 9 December, the Rajya Sabha
Guru on 11 December and President Ram Nath Kovind
The election of the SGPC was restricted to on 12 December 2019 approved the bill, which
Kesdhari Sikhs only, and seeks to support Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi
Review of blacklisted foreign Sikh nationals and Christian communities who came to India
after June 2019 and release of Sikh prisoners due to religious persecution from Afghanistan,
in batches (on Gandhi Jayanti) as part of Bangladesh and Pakistan. There is a provision to
amnesty scheme. give Indian citizenship to them.
Railway facilities have also been modernized Simultaneously, arrangements were also made to
at places associated with Guru Gobind Singh ensure the linguistic, cultural and social identity of
ji including Patna Sahib. the people of the Northeast.
A pilgrimage circuit is also being built
connecting all the major places including
Anandpur Sahib in Punjab and Amritsar Triple Talaq
Sahib in Amritsar through 'Swadesh Darshan
Yojana'. 30 July 2019 has been recorded as an important
The work of starting ropeway for Hemkund milestone in the parliamentary history of India.
This law, which came into existence after the
Sahib in Uttarakhand is also progressing.
passage of the historic triple talaq bill, has
In view of the devotion and dedication provided justice and respect to Muslim women,
towards the Sikh community, one of the 5 which was awaited for decades.
Takhts of the Sikhs, Sachkhand Shri Hazur
Sahib, has awarded Prime Minister Modi a
letter of honor. After the passage of the triple talaq law, the
name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
RESERVATION TO UPPER CASTES FOR THE certainly go down in history in the same rank as
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY social reformers like Raja Rammohan Roy and
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. The triple talaq
A historic decision was taken by giving a law will prove to be a revolutionary step in the
10 percent reservation for economically direction of securing the interests and rights of
backward among general categories. Muslim women and now a new era
Through this, the general category candidates will begin for them.
with an annual income of Rs 8 lakh get the
benefit of reservation with certain conditions. Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
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