Guwahati, March 11 -- Two applicants in Assam have been granted citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary informed the State Assembly on Monday (March 10, 2025).

He was speaking on behalf of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who holds the Home portfolio.

The controversial CAA, enacted in 2019 and implemented in 2024, provides a fast-track process for granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan who arrived in India before December 31, 2014. According to data from the Directorate of Census Operations, Assam received 39 applications under the CAA.

Of these, two applicants were granted citizenship, while the applications of 18 ...