Three Foreigners Granted Indian Citizenship in Assam Under CAA: Himanta

Rapid Summary

• Only three foreigners in Assam have been granted Indian citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), as confirmed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on September 3, 2025.
• Out of 12 applications received, nine cases remain under consideration.
• The low numbers stand in contrast to previous public apprehensions that lakhs of foreigners would seek citizenship through CAA provisions.
• Dulon Das,a 50-year-old man,became the frist person in Assam to receive citizenship via CAA in August 2024.
• The CAA facilitates citizenship for hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Parsis who entered India before December 31, 2014 from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after five years of residence.
• In March last year (2024), the Center notified rules implementing the CAA four years after its parliamentary passage.
• the Assam government took measures such as advising non-Muslim illegal immigrants from before December 31 accounts not to be sent to Foreigners Tribunals but prevented procedural there is similar interpretation.

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