India issues notice on regularisation of nationals

The Indian government issued two notifications in the official gazette on Wednesday over the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 and the Foreigners Act, 1946 regarding exemptions to minority community nationals from Bangladesh and Pakistan in regularisation of their entry and stay in India, reports UNB.
There are reports that a number of Bangladeshi and Pakistani nationals belonging to minority communities in those countries, such as Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Parsis and Buddhists, were compelled to seek shelter in India due to religious persecution or fear of religious persecution. They have entered India either without any valid document including passport and other travel document or with valid documents but the validity of such document has expired, said the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh on Wednesday.