After Ministry of Home Affairs notified the rules for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), thousands of refugees living in Kendrapara, Malkangiri, and Nabarangpur districts of Odisha expressed their happiness. These rules will now enable minorities, who have settled in the country after fleeing from persecution on religious grounds in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, to acquire citizenship in the country. Notably, the CAA enacted by the Parliament in December 2019 had earlier triggered protests across the country. It granted citizenship to the refugees who had come and settled before 2014.