Around 1.6 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in 2021
As per the ministry, the figure is higher as compared to 2020. In 2020, 85256 people had renounced their Citizenship, while in 2019, the figure stood at 1,44,017.
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New Delhi, July 20: In a major development, the Union Home Minister informed the loksabha that around 1,63,370 citizens gave up their Indian citizenship in 2021. The Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai gave the information in response to a question raised by Haji Fazlur Rehman, a Bahujan Samaj Party MP.
As per the ministry, the figure is higher as compared to 2020. In 2020, 85256 people had renounced their Citizenship, while in 2019, the figure stood at 1,44,017.
The data from the Ministry of Home Affairs pointed out that the United States, which remains the preferred choice, provided citizenship to 78,284 Indian nationals, an increase from 30,828 in 2020. Australia ranks second, with 23,533 persons taking the country’s citizenship in 2021. In 2020, the figure stood at 13,518 and 21,340 in 2019.
Canada stood third, with 21,597 persons acquiring the country’s citizenship in 2021. In 2020 and 2019, the figures were 17,093 and 25,381, respectively. In November, the Union home minister told the Lok Sabha that 6,08,162 persons have given up Indian citizenship between 2017 and September 2021.
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