90 foreign national given Indian citizenship at Ahmedabad district collector office

Ahmedabad: 90 foreign nationals were given Indian citizenship here by district collector office today.

According to district collector, so far 320 persons are given Indian citizenship from his office. Of 90 who are given citizenship today, 20 are minors. 90% of those who have been given citizenship today are from Pakistan while 10% are others.

He said, the government of India has assigned responsibility of granting citizenship to district collectors. Ahmedabad district is leading in all over the country in terms of granting citizenship at district collector level.

Collector Vikrant Pandey further said that 150 applications for citizenship are pending. They will be cleared in about six month period.

District collector congratulated the members of association of applicants. He said the process of granting citizenship was very complex, but the Centre has simplified it and given special powers to district collectors, following which the process has become speedier since year 2016. The decision on granting citizenship is taken after central and state Intelligence Bureau reports. As per the process, those foreign applicants who are living in India for last seven years or more are given citizenship.

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