Over 16 lakh people renounce Indian citizenship since 2011
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According to the government of India over 16 lakh Indians have given up Indian citizenship since 2011 including 183,741 this year. The information was given in the Rajya Sabha on 9 December 2022 by the Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan.
Number of Indian who gave up Citizenship
Year | Number of Indians who gave up their citizenship |
2011 | 1,22,819 |
2012 | 1,20,923 |
2013 | 1,31,405 |
2014 | 1,29,328 |
2015 | 1,31,489 |
2016 | 1,41,603 |
2017 | 1,33,049 |
2018 | 1,34,561 |
2019 | 1,44,017 |
2020 | 85,256 |
2021 | 1,63,370 |
2022( till 31 October ) | 1,83,741 |
Total | 16,21,561 |
The total number of Indians who gave up Indian citizenship since 2011 comes to 16, 21,561.
Foreigners who took Indian Citizenship excluding citizens of Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
The minister said that excluding the citizens of Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, the number of foreign nationals who took Indian citizenship was 93 in 2015, 153 in 2016, 175 in 2017, 129 in 2018, 113 in 2019, 27 in 2020, 42 in 2021 and 60 in 2022.
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