- The Indian Constitution provides for a single and uniform citizenship for the whole country. - This means an Indian citizen is a citizen of India and not of the constituent states. States do not have separate citizenship. - India does not allow its citizens to simultaneously hold citizenship of another country, although provisions like Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) exist which grant certain rights but not full citizenship.
These grounds include acquiring citizenship by fraud, disloyalty to the Constitution, unlawfully trading with an enemy during war, or continuous absence from India for seven years. 58. Which one of the following features of citizenship in India is correct?
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2015 · Topic: The Citizenship (Single Citizenship: Concept and Implications)
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