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Over 8 lakh Indians renounced citizenship in last 7 years: Govt

  •   Tue, Dec 14 2021 10:58:02 PM

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS): Over eight lakh Indians have given up their citizenship in the last seven years, the Parliament was told on Tuesday.

In a written reply to a question asked by TRS member Kotha Prabhakar Reddy, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha, in a written reply, that a total of 8,81,254 Indians have given up their citizenship till September 30, 2021 as per the information shared by the Ministry of External Affairs.

The data also said that the maximum number of 1,44,017 Indians have renounced their citizenship in 2019.

According to the data, a total of 1,31,489 Indian nationals gave up their citizenship in 2015, 1,41,603 in 2016, 1,33,049 in 2017, 1,34,561 in 2018, 1,44,017 in 2019, 85,248 in 2020, and 1,11,287 till September 30 this year.

The Minister also informed that citizenship of India may be renounced under provisions of Section 8 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 read with rule 23 of the Citizenship Rules, 2009. The online portal for renunciation of Indian citizenship has been activated in August, 2021.

End to end processing of renunciation applications is carried out in the online Citizenship Module, he added.

 
  

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  • naveen marakala, Mangalore

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    One way it looks good to control the rising population as some says it is against their religious doctrine to have less siblings.......

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  • GM, mlur

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    Please mention who (religion) and where they have migrated?

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  • Anil, Managlore

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    The Bhakts are migrating to Christian and Muslim Countries . Here they support anti - Minority Government.

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  • Raman, Mangalore

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    If we calculate economic impact it will be even bigger- All would definitely have gone to so called FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES- otherwise obvious why renounce-citizenship of india--------------- Hence To start a new life with family means ----------one has to have say overall savings of 1 million Dollars & many much much more -- apart from this their individual abilities to do well in the new country - only talented people can generally thrive -- education - entrepreneurship - etc etc - So these are losses for India---- EARLY 2000 ' s -INDIA WAS PROJECTED OPTIMISTICALLY ----TO BE FIRST WORLD COUNTRY BY 2020-- LATE DR ABDUL KALAM - FORMER PRESIDENT -- used to be very optimistic- In many speeches used to refer to 2020 -- INDIA - like in EYE VISION - 20 X 20 -- A few have done exceedingly well -- LIKES OF MR AMBANI - MR ADANI -- rest have become more poorer - or dropped in income levels - middle class to lower class-

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  • geoffrey, hat hill

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    "If western countries open up their visa norms, over 80% of Indians would swim across the oceans and go away" - Sadhguru Jagdish Vasudev.

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  • vishnu bhat, bangalore

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    does govt want more sensible Indians to leave the country?

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  • Sunil Pinto, dubai/udupi

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    If I had a chance even I would migrate with family.... Not much hope with BJP and moronic, uneducated Sanghis unnecessarily creating tensions everywhere, and not making it worthwhile to live our lives completely without fear. Simply because these uneducated fellows are a crass majority they want to show off their bluster and muscle power, to what sadistic pleasure only God knows...but thankfully not so much happening in our twin districts. Ironically, most of the people migrating are qualified, educated, middle class hindus, causing a brain drain to India

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  • Evans C Sumitra, Udupi/New York, USA.

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    Sunil Pinto, dubai/ udupi, I fully agree with your comments and a sensible one.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    Last 7 Years is 2014 ...

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  • jb, mlore

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    Few people were commenting the GDP is better of Bangladesh than India. People who are happy with this news should shift to Bangladesh as their GDP is high !

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  • Raj, Mangalore

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    8 lakh Indians lost faith in Modi's leadership. These were Indians with the resources to flee India. Imagine how many Indians want to flee Modi's India but lack the resources to do so.

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  • Moshu, Mangaluru

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    Which educated fool would like to stay and adopt to fry pakoda as his career for survival. That too is not able to afford due to skyrocket prices, specially edible oil.

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  • mohan prabhu, mangalore/canada

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    Several countries around the world recognize dual citizenship which makes it easy for ethnic minorities in their new home to freely travel between the two countries. Some countries require an immigrant to become citizens in order to take government jobs or practice a profession, such as law. But they continue to recognize citizenship of the country of origin of the immigrant. It is a pity that India does not recognize dual citizenship; it is a big loss for India. In my case, I was a British subject until the Indian Citizenship Act was passed in 1950 and when I emigrated to Canada and entered government service in 1972 I had to take Canadian citizenship. The Indian High Commission cancelled my Indian passport. Years later, the Indian Government decided to offer OIC and PIO cards to former Indian citizens, but it was too late for me. I t would have been wiser to introduce dual citizenship; it is not too late for others, though at 91 it is for me.

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  • Santhosh Vincent Agera, Vamanjoor, Mangalore, Karnataka

    Wed, Dec 15 2021

    Well done effect of Ache Din, go ahead India is shining, for sure Indian economy, GDP will improve if we realise the fact, believe me for sure below poverty status personnel will not afford to migrate other country.

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  • J. Crasto, Mangalore

    Tue, Dec 14 2021

    Those people taken up their citizenship in Christian Countries, where they realized true humanity and love and how much they secure in all ways.

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  • Deshbhakt, Mangalore

    Tue, Dec 14 2021

    Wow... so nice is the 'governance with a difference' that Indians preferred becoming secondary citizens elsewhere than staying in India.

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  • Agnes, Mangalore

    Tue, Dec 14 2021

    Ultimately only Modi his blind followers and cows will remain.

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