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Who is a citizen (Who is a Citizen?)
The Constitution of India confers single
citizenship. All persons residing in all parts of the country have been granted
Indian citizenship (Article 5). In India, like the United States, states do not
have separate freedom. According to the constitution, the following three
categories of people are citizens of India.
1. Persons
who reside in India.
2. Refugees
coming to India from Pakistan.
3. Indian
Diaspora living in other countries.
In the
category of citizens, all those people who live permanently in India, either of
whose parents were born in India, the person who prior to the
coming into force of the constitution, people were ordinarily residents of
India for at least 5 years and who did not voluntarily assume citizenship of
any other country.
Acquisition and Termination of Citizenship
The rules
relating to gaining and losing citizenship of India are mentioned in the
Citizenship Act of 1955. One can get citizenship of India in the following five
ways.
1. Birthright citizenship - Any person who is born in India
after January 1950 is considered as a born citizen of India.
2. Hereditary citizenship - Any person who is residing
outside India on or after 26 January 1950 is considered a
citizen of India. If his father was a citizen of India at the time of his
birth.
3. Citizenship by Registration - Individuals of the
following categories can be granted citizenship of India by registration. If he
gives the application of the appropriate officer.
(A) A person of Indian
origin who is ordinarily residing in India for five years before submitting an
application.
(B) A person of
Indian origin who is ordinarily residing outside India in any other country or
place.
(C) Women who are
married to citizens of India. (D) Young age children of those persons who are
themselves citizens of India.
(d) Adult citizens of United Nations countries or
Republic of Ireland
4. Citizenship by naturalization - Any person can get India
on the basis of naturalization of India, if:
(A) He belongs to a country where the citizens of India
can become citizens of the country by the method of naturalization.
(B) renounce his citizenship and informs that renunciation
to the Government of India.
(C) To give the application for obtaining citizenship by
naturalization .This festival person has been residing in the country for 12 months or is doing a government job.
(D) Character.
(e) Contains practical knowledge of the language of
India.
(F) After obtaining citizenship by naturalization, he
wants to reside in the country or work in a government post.
It is necessary to make it clear
here that the Government of India can free any person who has rendered best
service in the field of philosophy, science, art, literature, world peace,
etc., from any or all of the above conditions. is.
5. As a result of the merger of the region - If a new
territory is merged with India, the Government of India can clarify which
persons residing in that region, being related to that region, accepted the
citizens of India. Can go
Citizenship can be administered in three ways:
(A) Any citizen can voluntarily renounce citizenship but
to do so, he has to sign the required declaration on the prescribed form,
usually the citizenship is the same citizens of another country who are renounced by citizens want to be
(B) Citizenship can also be resettled voluntarily if a citizen is civilizing the citizenship of another country, Take registration or otherwise.
(C) The Central Government can deprive any citizen of his
citizenship if he believes that he has obtained citizenship by cheating or
giving false facts or by hiding material facts. A citizen can be denied
citizenship even if he shows dislike towards the constitution of the country or
does business with an enemy country at the time of war. If a person who has
obtained citizenship less than five years and has been punished with
imprisonment for two years or more, his citizenship can also be terminated.
Even if a person has been living abroad for more than seven years, the Central
Government can revoke his citizenship.
Amendment of Citizenship Act
In 1986 an amendment was made to the Citizenship Act which
made citizenship difficult for refugees from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka or other
countries. This amendment provided that any person who was born on or after 26 January 1950 in India, but
before 26 November 1986 or after the implementation of this
amendment rule. So he will officially get citizenship only if one of his
parents was a citizen of India at the time of his birth. By this amendment, the
period of registration was increased from 6 months to 5 years to
achieve citizenship.
In December 2003, the Citizenship Act 1955 was amended
under which the children of Indian citizens or former citizens were given the
facility to regain citizenship, but under this Act, the process of obtaining
citizenship by citizenship and citizenship was made more stringent so that To
prevent illegal persons from obtaining citizenship of India in India today.
Commonwealth Citizenship
Every Commonwealth citizen has the rights of a Commonwealth citizen in
India. The Indian Citizenship Act 1955 empowers the Central Government to grant
some or all of the rights granted to Indian citizens to citizens of
Commonwealth countries on the basis of the principle of transaction.
Single Citizenship
Another peculiarity of Indian citizenship is that it only accepts the
principle of single citizenship. This means that states like other federal
countries do not have separate citizenship here. On the contrary, all citizens
of India, irrespective of the country they live in, have equal rights and
privileges.
Dual Citizenship for People of Indian Origin
A person falling under Articles 5,6 and 8 shall not be a
citizen of India if he voluntarily acquires citizenship of a foreign state. He
cannot be a citizen of two states, ie countries at the same time. For some
years, people of Indian origin, who have become foreign nationals, have been
given the option of citizenship of India. But this does not apply to Pakistan,
Bangladesh etc.
According to a law made on 2 December 2005, a provision
has been made to provide dual citizenship to all NRIs (except Pakistan and
Bangladesh). According to this law, a foreign national, who-
(i) is eligible to become a citizen of India on 26 January 1950, or
(ii) He is a citizen of India on or after January 26, 1950, or
(3) is a resident of any part of India joining after 15 August 1947, or
(iv) he or
her children or grandchildren, or
(v) minor children of such person; Will be granted dual
citizenship by the Government of India.
However, if the applicant is a citizen of Pakistan and Bangladesh, he / she
will not have the right to obtain overseas Indian citizenship (OCI) under this
scheme. Earlier in 2004, this facility was only for NRIs of 16 countries of
the world - Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Cyprus, Sweden, Switzerland, England and
America. Now NRIs from all over the world (except Pakistan and Bangladesh) have
been brought under this law.
Voting Right to NRIs to Overseas Indians
In February 2006, the Representation of the People Act was amended
to give the right to vote to the diaspora in Parliament and State Legislative
Assemblies. Through this act, the expatriate Indians will grow more closely to
their country, and they will also stay connected to their country by staying
abroad.
Significance of Citizenship
The importance of citizenship is clear from the fact that only the citizens
have all the fundamental rights conferred by the Constitution. In addition,
only citizens can participate in elections to Parliament and Legislative
Assemblies. Citizens also have the right to contest elections for membership of
these institutions. Apart from this, only citizens can be appointed on some
important posts - like President, Vice-President, Supreme Court and High Court
Judges etc. Apart from rights, there are many important duties of citizens,
such as protecting the country, paying taxes, protecting the unity and integrity
of the country, etc.
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