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Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs
12-December-2012 17:16
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Hindus from Pakistan taking Asylum in India
Some Pakistani nationals who had come to India
have refused to return to Pakistan and have applied for Indian citizenship. The
grant of Indian citizenship is a multi-level and multi-agency activity. As per
rule 11 and 12 of the Citizenship Rules, 2009, an application for grant of
Indian citizenship is to be submitted by the applicant to the Collector/DM/DC
within whose jurisdiction the applicant is ordinarily a resident. The
Collector/DM/DC after satisfying himself regarding eligibility of the applicant
to become a citizen of India, forwards the application to the State
Government/UT Administration concerned. The State Government/UT Administration
in turn forwards the application, along with its recommendation, to the
Ministry of Home Affairs. Thereafter, the application is processed further as
per the provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955 and the rules made there under.
Since initial application is submitted to the Collector/DM concerned and a
number of agencies are involved in the processing of applications for grant of
citizenship, no caste/religion based centralized data of such applications is
maintained. All cases received in the Ministry of Home Affairs are processed as
expeditiously as possible. 1290 applications of Pakistani nationals were
received from various State Government/UTs for grant of Indian citizenship by
registration and naturalization during last three years i.e. 2009-2011. Indian
citizenship was granted to 764 Pakistani nationals during this period.
Based on reports of persecution of minority groups in Pakistan, Government had taken up the matter with the Government of Pakistan. The Government of Pakistan has stated that it was fully cognizant of the situation and looked after the welfare of all its citizens, particularly the minority community. This was stated by Shri Mullappally Ramachandran, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in written reply to a question by Shri Prakash Javadekar in the Rajya Sabha today. |
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