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Preamble

INDIAN POLITY & GOVERNANCE

Topic

Citizenship In India

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There are two classes of people in any country- citizens and aliens. Citizens enjoy all rights and entitlements while aliens (owing political allegiance to another country or government) are denied some of them.

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� Asylum is the legal protection granted to people in any country who are afraid to return to their home country.

� Expelling an alien is called deportation.

What is Asylum

What is Domicile� Domicile means to stay in a country with the intention of

making it his or her permanent home.

What is Resident� Resident is one who resided in the country for certain

number of days- 182 days in the previous fiscal year as the Indian law defines.

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Citizenship of India can be acquired by the following ways

� By Birth� By descent� By registration� By naturalization� By acquisition of territory

Modes of Acquiring Indian Citizenship:

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Loss of Citizenship:It is based on the following grounds� Voluntary� InvoluntaryEmigre� One who has left a native country, especially for political reasons.

Expatriate (expat)� One who has left his country voluntarily

Stateless Persons� A stateless person is one with no citizenship or nationality.

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� Refugee is defined as a person who is outside his/her country and is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of a genuine fear that she/he will be persecuted because of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership of a particular social group.

Refugee

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