More than 392,000 Indians have renounced their citizenship in the past three years, with as many as 170,000 of them becoming US citizens, according to federal data. In a written reply, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nithyanand Roy replied that a total of 3,92,643 Indians renounced their citizenship in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
According to statistics provided by the Ministry of External Affairs, individuals renounced Indian citizenship for personal reasons and acquired citizenship in more than 120 countries.
Among those who renounced their citizenship, 1,70,795 people got US citizenship, 64,071 people in Canada, 58,391 people in Australia, 35,435 people in England, 12,131 people in Italy, 8,882 people in New Zealand, 7,046 people in Singapore, 6,690 people in Germany and 48 people in Pakistan.
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Bahujan Samaj Party Member of Parliament Haji Fazlur Rahman questioned the number and details of those who renounced Indian citizenship from 2019 to the current year.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nithyanand Rai responded by quoting data provided by the Ministry of External Affairs regarding the number of Indians who have renounced Indian citizenship and the number of countries in which they have acquired citizenship.
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