While responding to a question in the upper house of Parliament Rajya Sabha, the Indian Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar provided data for the number of Indians who have renounced their Indian citizenship from 2011 to 2022.
As per the Government data, a total of more than 16 lakh Indians renounced their Indian citizenship in the aforementioned period, with the highest number seen in 2022 and the lowest in 2020.
The Union minister provided the data for every year since 2011.
Here’s a list of the same.
- In 2011, a total of 1,22,819 Indians gave up their domestic citizenship.
- In 2012, the count decreased to 1,20,923.
- In 2013, the count was seen increasing sharply to 1,31,405, while
- In 2014, the total number of Indians renouncing their citizenship dropped slightly to 1,29,328.
- In 2015, the number rose again to the 1.31 lakh range at 1,31,489.
- In 2016, the count jumped drastically to 1,41,603, and
- In 2017, the total number sobered up largely and fell back to 1,33,049.
- In 2018, a total of 1,34,561 Indians gave away their domestic citizenship, while
- In 2019, the count surged to 1,44,017.
- In 2020, the total count was seen at the least in the 2011-2022 period, with only 85,256 Indians renouncing their Indian citizenship.
- In 2021, this number skyrocketed to 1,63,370, and
- In 2022, the total count rallied to a whopping 2,25,620 Indians giving away their citizenship, the highest in the entire period.
Upon the ongoing large number of job cuts in the US giants, the Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said,
“Of these, a certain percentage is likely to be Indian nationals on H-1B and L1 visas. The government of India has consistently raised issues relating to the movement of high skilled workers, including IT professionals, with the US government.”
