New Delhi: In many international surveys, India has been counted among the better countries of the world to live in, but it is surprising that in the last 7 years, more than 8 and a half lakh people have taken Indian citizenship. has left. This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. He said that according to the data of the Ministry of External Affairs, as of 30 September 2021, 8,81,254 citizens gave up their citizenship of India.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai had earlier said in Parliament on December 1 that in the last 7 years till September 20, 6,08,162 Indians had given up citizenship. Out of this, 1,11,287 citizens have renounced their Indian citizenship till 20 September this year.
Between 2016 and 2020, more than 10 thousand people took citizenship of India
Rai had said that between 2016 and 2020, 10,645 foreign nationals had applied for citizenship in India. Most of these included 7782 civilians from Pakistan and 795 from Afghanistan. At the same time, about 1 crore Indian citizens are living abroad.
This data related to Indian citizenship has come at a time when the Union Home Ministry has announced that no decision has yet been taken regarding the nationwide National Register of Citizens. However, the central government has said that all those people who come under the purview of the Citizenship Amendment Act can apply for Indian citizenship. The Citizenship Amendment Act has come into existence on 10 January 2020. Let us inform you that there were nationwide demonstrations regarding CAA and NRC. Due to the protests, there were riots in some areas of Delhi in February 2020.
In fact, under the Citizenship Amendment Act, there is a provision to give Indian citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian people who came to India from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh till December 31, 2014. However, opposition parties opposed this law, terming it unconstitutional.
