In 2017, there were 1,33,049 Indian nationals who resigned their citizenship; this figure is expected to rise to 1,83,741 by the end of the five-year period ending October 31, 2022.
According to the data that was presented in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Friday by the Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan, the number of citizens of India who renounced their citizenship increased from 1,31,489 in 2015 to 1,41,603 in 2016 to 1,33,049 in 2017 to 1,34,561 in 2018 to 1,44,017 in 2019 to 85,256 in 2020 to 1,63,370 in 2021. In 2015, the number of citizens of India who.The written response also included information regarding the number of foreign people who have acquired Indian citizenship in recent years, with the exception of those who were born in Bangladesh, Pakistan, or Afghanistan.
The following information was provided in the reply: "According to the information that is available with the Ministry, the number of foreign nationals who took Indian citizenship was 93 (in 2015), 153 (in 2016), 175 (in 2017), 129 (in 2018), 113 (in 2019), 27 (in 2020), 42 (in 2021), and 60 (in 2022)."
