Here is Question No. 29 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2021.
Q29. With reference to India, consider the following statements:
- There is only ‘one citizenship and one domicile’.
- A citizen by birth only can become the Head of State.
- A foreigner once granted citizenship cannot be deprived of it under any circumstances.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) 1 and 3
d) 2 and 3
Answer: (a) Exp:
- Statement 1 is correct: The Indian Constitution provides for only a single citizenship, that is, Indian citizenship. There is no separate state citizenship and when an Indian citizen voluntarily acquires citizenship of another country, his Indian citizenship automatically terminates. In 2010, the Uttarakhand High Court declared that there is no separate domicile for each State and there is only one domicile for the entire country.
- Statement 2 is incorrect: The Citizenship Act offers other categories of citizenship like Citizenship by Registration (Section 5) and Citizenship by Naturalisation (Section 6). In India, both a citizen by birth as well as a naturalized citizen are eligible for the office of President. This is different from the USA, where only a citizen by birth (and not a naturalized citizen) is eligible for the office of the President.
- Statement 3 is incorrect: A foreigner, who has been earlier granted Indian citizenship, can be deprived of his citizenship on the basis of, whether the registration or certificate of naturalization was obtained by “means of fraud, false representation or the concealment of a material fact; or that citizen has shown himself by act or speech to be disloyal or disaffected towards the Constitution of India as by law established; or that citizen has, during any war in which India may be engaged, unlawfully traded or communicated with an enemy; or that citizen has been ordinarily resident out of India for a continuous period of seven years”, that person’s citizenship can be canceled.
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