Published on : 12 Dec 2025, 3:05 am

New Delhi : The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed Parliament on Thursday that nearly 9 lakh Indians renounced their citizenship in the past five years, continuing a trend of high numbers of expatriates opting for foreign nationalities.

Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said the government maintains year-wise records of individuals who surrender Indian citizenship . According to official data presented in the written response, citizenship renunciations have risen sharply over the past five years-from 85,256 in 2020, 1,63,370 (in 2021), 2,25,620 (in 2022), 2,16,219 (in 2023) and 2,06,378 (in 2024). Notably, from 2011 to 2019, 11,89,194 Indians renounced their citizensh

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