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flag West Bengal launched two new committees on March 2, 2026, to fast-track citizenship applications for non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan before Dec. 31, 2014, under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.

flag The Ministry of Home Affairs has established two new state-level empowered committees in West Bengal on March 2, 2026, to process citizenship applications under Section 6B of the Citizenship Act, 1955, as part of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. flag Led by officers not below the rank of deputy secretary, the committees include representatives from intelligence, foreign registration, informatics, postal, railway, and state home departments. flag Their role is to review applications, verify documents, and recommend citizenship grants for non-Muslim religious minorities—Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians—who migrated from Pakistan, Bangladesh, or Afghanistan before December 31, 2014, due to religious persecution. flag The move aims to improve coordination and streamline processing in a state with significant cross-border migration, following a March 2024 central notification outlining implementation procedures.

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