Lok Sabha Question No. 1435 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Grant of Indian Citizenship
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1435

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020/BHADRAPADA 29, 1942 (SAKA)

GRANT OF INDIAN CITIZENSHIP

1435. SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government grants citizenship to people from different country every year;

(b) if so, the number of persons who have applied for Indian citizenship during the last five years along with the number of Indian citizenship granted during the said period, year-wise, country-wise and religion-wise; and

(c)  the  details  of  the  current  conditions  and  formalities  for  non-Indians  to  get Indian citizenship?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a)  Yes Sir.

(b) Records of persons granted Indian citizenship under section 5 (by registration) or section 6 (by naturalisation) of the Citizenship Act, 1955 are maintained as per the  provisions  of  the  Citizenship  Act,  1955  and  rules  made  thereunder.  These records are not maintained religion-wise.  The year-wise and country-wise details of citizenship  granted during last five  years are annexed.

c) The citizenship of India can be acquired by birth or descent or registration or naturalisation  or  incorporation  of  territory.  Acquisition  of  Indian  Citizenship  is governed  by  the  provisions  under  the  Citizenship  Act,  1955  and  rules  made thereunder.

## Annexure to L.S. US.Q. No. 1435 FOR 20.09.2020 Indian Citizenship granted year-wise & country-wise

[as per data generated from online citizenship module]

|   Sr. No | Nationality              | 2015      | 2016   | 2017   | 2018   | 2019   |   Total |
|----------|--------------------------|-----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|        1 | Bangladesh               | 16+14864* | 39     | 49     | 19     | 25     |   15012 |
|        2 | Pakistan                 | 263       | 670    | 476    | 450    | 809    |    2668 |
|        3 | Afghanistan              | 234       | 244    | 117    | 30     | 40     |     665 |
|        4 | Sri Lanka                | 17        | 35     | 34     | 12     | 11     |     109 |
|        5 | United States of America | 25        | 25     | 25     | 20     | 10     |     105 |
|        6 | Nepal                    | 3         | 6      | 17     | 7      | 7      |      40 |
|        7 | United Kingdom           | 8         | 13     | 8      | 5      | 6      |      40 |
|        8 | Kenya                    | 5         | 4      | 7      | 2      | 5      |      23 |
|        9 | Malaysia                 | 2         | 3      | 7      | 5      | 4      |      21 |
|       10 | Canada                   | 1         | 3      | 3      | 6      | 5      |      18 |
|       11 | Singapore                |           | 5      | 5      | 5      | 3      |      18 |
|       12 | Philippines              | 1         | 5      | 3      | 4      |        |      13 |
|       13 | Tanzania                 | 3         | 3      | 3      | 2      | 2      |      13 |
|       14 | Iran                     | 1         | 2      | 3      | 2      | 2      |      10 |
|       15 | Germany                  | 1         | 2      | 3      | 2      | 1      |       9 |
|       16 | Yemen                    |           | 1      | 6      |        | 1      |       8 |
|       17 | Australia                | 1         | 1      | 1      | 3      |        |       6 |
|       18 | Ukraine                  |           | 1      | 3      |        | 1      |       5 |
|       19 | Zambia                   | 2         | 2      | 1      | 1      |        |       6 |
|       20 | France                   | 2         |        | 3      |        |        |       5 |
|       21 | Indonesia                | 1         |        | 1      |        | 1      |       3 |
|       22 | Portugal                 | 2         |        | 3      |        |        |       5 |
|       23 | Venezuela                |           |        | 1      | 3      |        |       4 |
|       24 | Zimbabwe                 |           |        | 4      |        |        |       4 |
|       25 | China                    |           | 1      | 2      |        |        |       3 |
|       26 | Italy                    |           |        | 1      | 2      |        |       3 |
|       27 | Mauritius                |           |        | 1      | 2      |        |       3 |
|       28 | South Africa             |           | 1      |        | 1      | 1      |       3 |
|       29 | Spain                    |           | 3      |        |        |        |       3 |
|       30 | Belarus                  |           |        |        |        | 2      |       2 |
|       31 | Israel                   | 1         |        |        |        | 1      |       2 |
|       32 | Peru                     |           | 2      |        |        |        |       2 |
|       33 | Algeria                  |           | 1      |        |        |        |       1 |
|       34 | Barbados                 |           |        | 1      |        |        |       1 |
|       35 | Belgium                  | 1         |        |        |        |        |       1 |
|       36 | Chile                    |           |        | 1      |        |        |       1 |
|       37 | Czech Republic           |           |        |        | 1      |        |       1 |
|       38 | Eritrea                  |           |        |        |        | 1      |       1 |
|       39 | Fiji                     | 1         |        |        |        |        |       1 |
|       40 | Guinea                   |           | 1      |        |        |        |       1 |
|       41 | Iraq                     | 1         |        |        |        |        |       1 |
|       42 | Ireland                  |           |        | 1      |        |        |       1 |
|       43 | Jamaica                  |           |        |        |        | 1      |       1 |
|       44 | Kazakhatan               |           |        |        | 1      |        |       1 |
|       45 | Kyrgyzstan               |           |        | 1      |        |        |       1 |
|       46 | Liberia                  | 1         |        |        |        |        |       1 |

| 47    | Moldova            |       |      | 1   |     |     | 1     |
|-------|--------------------|-------|------|-----|-----|-----|-------|
| 48    | Myanmar            |       |      | 1   |     |     | 1     |
| 49 50 | New Zealand Poland |       |      | 1   | 1   |     | 1 1   |
| 51    | Russia             |       |      | 1   |     |     | 1     |
| 52    | Sweden             |       | 1    |     |     |     | 1     |
| 53    | Thailand           |       | 1    |     |     |     | 1     |
| 54    | Uganda             | 1     |      |     |     |     | 1     |
| 55    | Uzbekistan         |       | 1    |     |     |     | 1     |
| 56    | Vietnam            | 1     |      |     |     |     | 1     |
| Total |                    | 15459 | 1076 | 795 | 586 | 939 | 18855 |

* 2015-After sigining of Indo-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement, 14864 Bangladeshi nationals were granted Indian Citizenship under section 7 of the Citizenship Act, 1955.