Hyderabad, Feb. 27 -- The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which was passed by the Indian Parliament in 2019, is set to be implemented next month, NDTV reported, quoting sources.

Online registrations have begun with dry runs by the Union ministry of home affairs. CAA will grant Indian citizenship to refugees from neighbouring countries. The maximum number of applications received by the ministry was from Pakistan.

According to the Union home ministry's annual report, from April 2021 to December 2021, as many as 1,414 non-Muslim minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan were granted Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Act of 1955.

On February 10, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that the CAA will be notified a...