Short Essay on Dual Citizenship – Dual citizenship, as the name suggests, is an arrangement whereby a citizen holds two citizenships – one of the country and other of the state to which he belongs, or of two different countries simultaneously.
For instance, in the USA if a person belongs to, say, the State of California, he is also a citizen of the State of California besides being the citizen of the United States.
In India, however, there is no dual citizenship in this sense. If a person belongs to Bihar or UP or Delhi he is simply a citizen of the India irrespective of where he is domiciled.
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Recently, India has granted what might well be called dual citizenship to persons of Indian origin who have taken the citizenship of any of the 16 specified countries by recognizing them as the citizens of India, their citizenship of a foreign nation notwithstanding.
Those Indian citizens who choose to acquire citizenship of any of these countries at a later date have also been covered. In September, 2004, the Union Government changed the name of the Ministry of Nonresident Indians Affairs (Anivasi Bhartiya Karya Mantralaya) to the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (Pravasi Bhartiya Karya Mantralaya).