India Citizenship Rules 2026: What District Collector Powers Mean for J&K, Ladakh and CAA By: News Desk | 19 Aug 2026 India’s Citizenship System Is Moving Closer to the Border A new move by the Union government to put more citizenship decisions in the hands of district-level authorities is likely to attract attention far beyond the administrative circles where it originated. The reason is simple: citizenship is one of the most sensitive powers of the Indian state. It determines who legally belongs to the Republic, who can access the full…
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