Over 1.63 lakh Indians gave up their Indian citizenship final yr and obtained citizenship from different counties, in line with official knowledge shared in Parliament on Tuesday.
The info shared by State Minister for House Nityanand Rai whereas responding to a question by Bahujan Samaj Get together lawmaker Haji Fazlur Rehman in Lok Sabha, revealed {that a} whole of 163,370 Indians gave up their Indian passports in 2021.
However this quantity was 144,017 and 85,256 in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Beforehand, the very best variety of individuals, 144,942, had given up Indian citizenship in 2016, native media reported citing official knowledge.
Requested in regards to the causes given by these individuals for renouncing Indian citizenship, the union state minister stated, “People renounced Indian citizenship for causes private to them.”
Relinquishing citizenship means they should give up their Indian passports because the Indian Structure and citizenship legal guidelines don’t permit twin citizenship.
The info revealed {that a} most of 78,284 Indians relinquished Indian citizenship and obtained citizenship within the USA, adopted by 23,533, who took citizenship in Australia whereas 21597 in Canada and 14,637 within the UK in 2021.
Nevertheless, 41 Indian nationals primarily based in Pakistan gave up their Indian citizenship final yr, in comparison with solely seven in 2020. A complete of seven,782 Pakistani residents additionally utilized for Indian citizenship between 2016 and 2020, the info confirmed.
Round 326 Indians renounced their citizenship whereas being within the United Arab Emirates final yr and utilized for citizenship in nations equivalent to Albania, France, Malta, Pakistan, the Philippines, Portugal, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, Belgium, Cyprus, Eire, Grenada, Jordan, Mauritius, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka and Vanuatu, amongst others, in line with media experiences.
A complete of 932,276 Indians renounced their citizenships in favour of different nations between 2015 and 2021, experiences stated citing knowledge shared with Parliament in February final yr and on Tuesday.
Apart from, knowledge shared by the house ministry in November 2021 said that 10,645 international nationals utilized for Indian citizenship between 2016 and 2020, with the utmost (7,782) from Pakistan and 795 from Afghanistan. Of those, 4,177 individuals have been granted Indian citizenship.
In the meantime, a complete of 452 “stateless” individuals additionally utilized for Indian citizenship between 2016 and 2020, in line with the official knowledge. – AFP
