The government told the Parliament on Tuesday that more than 3.9 lakh Indians have renounced their citizenship in the past three years. Among the 103 countries, America emerged as the top choice where the emigrants settled.
According to the date tabled by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, more than 1.63 lakh Indians relinquished their citizenship in 2021 alone. Of them, more than 78,000 took US citizenship, it added.
While 1.44 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in 2019, the data showed that the numbers fell in 2020 to 85,256 in 2020, before rising again last year.
Responding to a question by BSP MP Hazi Fazlur Rehman, Union MoS for Home Nityanand Rai told the Parliament that according to the Ministry of External Affairs the Indian citizens renounced their “for reasons personal to them”.
According to the data, apart from choosing countries such as Singapore (7,046) and Sweden (3,754), many have also renounced their citizenship for Bahrain (170), Angola (2), Iran (21), and Iraq (1), with one person taking the citizenship of Burkina Faso in 2021.
More than 1,400 persons took Chinese citizenship, the data showed, while 48 persons renounced their citizenship for Pakistan’s.
