Nearly nine lakh persons relinquished their Indian citizenship in the last five years, the Ministry of External Affairs told Parliament on Thursday.

The ministry said that 85,256 persons gave up their citizenship in 2020, 1.6 lakh in 2021, 2.2 lakh in 2022, 2.1 lakh in 2023 and 2 lakh in 2024 .

From 2011 to 2019, the number was between 1.2 lakh per year and 1.4 lakh per year.

The details were provided in response to a question by an Opposition MP, who also asked whether the government has data on the income profile or occupations of those who give up Indian citizenship.

Kirti Vardhan Singh, the minister of state for external affairs, said that the government does not have such information.

In March, the Union government told Parliament that the reasons for renunciation of ci

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