New Delhi:
In total, 1,63,370 Indians renounced Indian citizenship last year and gained citizenship from other countries, a trend that is the highest since 2019.
The number of Indians who have renounced Indian citizenship in 2019 and 2020 is 1,44,017; 85,256 respectively.
Up to 78,284 Indians renounced Indian citizenship and obtained US citizenship, followed by 23,533 who took citizenship in Australia; 21,597 in Canada; and 14,637 in the UK in 2021.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai shared the data with the Lok Sabha on Tuesday stating that “the number of Indians who renounced Indian citizenship in 2019, 2020 and 2021 were 1,44,017; 85,256; and 1.63 respectively. .370”.
Nityanand Rai replied to a question from Bahujan Samaj Party leader Haji Fazlur Rehman who asked if the Interior Minister would be happy to provide details and the number of persons who have renounced it since 2019 up to the current year. Indian citizenship.
The minister cited details provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the number of Indians who have renounced Indian citizenship and the countries from which they obtained citizenship.
When asked about the reasons these individuals gave for giving up Indian citizenship, Nityanand Rai said that “individuals have renounced Indian citizenship for personal reasons”.
The data provided by the minister states that there are 103 countries where Indians renounced Indian citizenship.
Those countries include Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, United Kingdom, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland and Portugal .
Qatar, Ireland, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, USA, Venezuela, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are among other countries.