Government Schemes and Policy · 8 December 2025

Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption) Order 2025 allows persecuted minorities entry till December 31 2024

Exam-focused facts from the 8 December 2025 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • The Ministry of Home Affairs issued the Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption) Order 2025 on September 1 this year.
  • The order exempts Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh who entered India on or before December 31 2024 due to religious persecution to stay without valid travel documents.
  • The Supreme Court has sought the Centre’s response on whether this order violates the Assam Accord’s March 25 1971 deadline.

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