Over 2 lakh Indians renounced Indian citizenship in 2024: Govt tells Lok SabhaThe Indian government informed the Lok Sabha that over two lakh Indians renounced their citizenship in 2024. The number of citizenships rel...
10 Aug, 2025, 10.21 AM IST
Received your OCI card and want to open an NPS account? Here’s what you must knowOverseas Citizens of India (OCI) cardholders, aged 18-70, can invest in the National Pension Scheme (NPS) on either a repatriation or non-r...
30 May, 2025, 09.00 AM IST
New NPS account closure rules: PFRDA issues rules to close NPS accounts for these accountholdersPFRDA has introduced new directives for NPS subscribers who renounce Indian citizenship without obtaining an OCI card. These individuals mu...
23 Apr, 2025, 05.12 PM IST
Exodus of high net worth Indians economic travesty: Congress on citizenship renunciation dataThe Indian mission organized a series of environmental events in July to promote sustainability, as part of the Plant4Mother campaign launc...
03 Aug, 2024, 02.31 PM IST
Over 2.15 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship and moved abroad in 2023In 2023, 216,219 Indians renounced their citizenship, according to a report presented to the Rajya Sabha. The number was slightly lower tha...
02 Aug, 2024, 01.08 PM IST
1.6 lakh Indians who gave up citizenship between 2018 and 2023 opted for Canada; second to the USAustralia and the United Kingdom secured the third and fourth positions, respectively. Despite a dip in numbers in 2020 due to the pandemic...
25 Sep, 2023, 04.18 PM IST
Over 87,000 Indians gave up citizenship till June this yearAs many as 87,026 Indians renounced their citizenship till June this year, with more than 17.50 lakh people giving up their Indian citizens...
23 Jul, 2023, 11.34 AM IST
2.25 lakh people renounced Indian citizenship in 2022: Govt dataMeanwhile, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said the number of Indians who renounced their Indian citizenship in 2015 was 1,31,489, whi...
09 Feb, 2023, 06.23 PM IST
Indians are leaving the country in droves. Here's where they are headed and whyAccording to the 'International Migration 2020 Highlights', by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs ...
09 Jan, 2023, 12.25 PM IST
Parents had renounced citizenship but children want it: Govt issues normsAs per Section 8 (2) of Indian Citizenship Act, 1955, "every minor child of a person who renounces their citizenship under Section 8(1), sh...
30 Dec, 2022, 12.08 AM IST
US, Canada and UK citizenship demand hot among Indians moving abroadThis number saw a dip during the pandemic, when 85,256 citizens moved out. In 2019, 1,44,017 Indians had relinquished their citizenship. Mo...
20 Jul, 2022, 10.13 AM IST
Parents may have renounced Indian citizenship, but child in mother's womb entitled to it: Madras High CourtThe parents of the petitioner, though originally Indian citizens, renounced their citizenship and obtained citizenship of Singapore in Dece...
18 May, 2022, 10.53 PM IST
A complete guide to renouncing foreign citizenships and acquiring Indian citizenshipCitizenship of India by naturalization may be acquired by a foreign national (not being an illegal migrant) who is ordinarily resident in I...
08 Sep, 2021, 12.30 PM IST
Bengal, Tripura clock highest number of illegal immigrationsCiting 2018 NCRB data, the home ministry in reply to a question said in 2018, West Bengal reported highest number (661) of foreigners convi...
06 Feb, 2020, 08.59 AM IST
Mull over consequences if passport impounded during travel: HCThe observation came while hearing a couple's plea challenging revoking of their citizenship and impounding of their passport in 1995, whil...
22 Aug, 2017, 01.20 PM IST
Devyani Khobragade’s kids eligible for dual citizenship: Ministry of Home AffairsKhobragade’s daughters, aged four and seven, are now back in India along with their father Akash Singh Rathore, an American citizen.
12 May, 2014, 05.28 AM IST
Giving up green card or US citizenship? Here are your tax consequencesIf you have renounced or are considering renouncing US citizenship or Green Card, there are some steps you must take from the tax perspecti...
16 Oct, 2012, 01.10 AM IST