Indian Citizenship

Danish Kaneria, who has played 61 Tests and 18 ODIs, is among the few Hindu cricketers to have represented Pakistan in international cricket.

CAA applicants get Indian citizenship | Ministry of Home Affairs issues 1st citizenship certificates

On May 15, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued the first set of Citizenship Certificates to applicants under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla presented the certificates to the recipients in Delhi. The CAA, implemented months earlier, aims to grant citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants. Under this act, the qualification period for citizenship application has been reduced from 11 to 5 years for these migrants.

Sri Lankan Tamil casts inaugural vote as Indian citizen. She was born in a refugee camp

Lok Sabha elections: Nalini Kirubakaran, a Sri Lankan Tamil, was born in 1986 at a refugee centre in India. She voted for the first time today at 38.

CAA rules to be notified before election code comes into effect: Report

The move would ensure the processing of Indian citizenship applications from persecuted minorities in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, news agency ANI learnt from sources

Citizenship renouncers are the new colonials. Call them ‘Desi’ colonials

These are the ones who have enjoyed the best of everything in the country – highly subsidised education all through their schooling and college years, high-grade training in the top institutions, and might have gone abroad with State support and scholarships

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2.25 lakh people renounced Indian citizenship in 2022, up nearly 28% YoY

In 2018, the number was 1,34,561, while 1,44,017 renounced their citizenship in 2019, 85,256 in 2020 and 1,63,370 in 2021.

Festering wounds of CAA protests keep citizenship issue alive in Assam

The agitation in Assam had turned violent, with five people losing their lives in police firing and KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi and four others being arrested.

Over 16 lakh people renounce Indian citizenship since 2011: Govt data

The total number of Indians who gave up Indian citizenship since 2011 comes to 16,21,561.

The Great Brain Drain | Four factors why Indians are leaving the country for good

People don’t leave countries unless there is a compelling push or pull factor. Or both, as is often practically the case

3,117 from minority communities in Pakistan, Afghanistan & Bangladesh granted citizenship: Govt

The minister said in Rajya Sabha that all foreign nationals are governed by the provisions contained in the Foreigners Act, 1946, the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939, the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 and the Citizenship Act, 1955.

Indian citizenship concepts and definitions need a revisit

While we do not have an idea about the reasons for the revocation of citizenship, the fact remains that these erstwhile Indian citizens have opted for citizenship of different countries -- and that includes the passport of the country concerned -- where they have been residents for varying periods 

15,012 Bangladeshi, 2,668 Pakistani nationals given Indian citizenship during 2015-2019: Govt

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said that altogether 18,855 people of 56 nationalities were granted Indian citizenship in the last five years.