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Citizenship amendment bill introduced in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, Feb 27
The government Friday
introduced in the Lok Sabha the Citizenship Amendment Bill which seeks
to merge the Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of
India (OCI) schemes.
The bill was introduced by Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary.
The
government Thursday had withdrawn the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill,
2014, introduced in the winter session, from Lok Sabha, saying that a
fresh legislation would be brought soon.
The 2014 bill needed to be withdrawn since an ordinance was issued in Jan merging the PIO and OCI schemes.
The
ordinance was promulgated in order to give PIOs benefits like life-long
visa and exemption from appearing before the local police station on
every visit.
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