STATALES
13327438: NON-RESIDENT INDIANS
(NRIS)
17905796: PERSONS OF INDIAN ORIGIN
(PIOS)
31233234: OVERSEAS INDIANS
COUNTRIES WITH LARGEST INDIAN
DIASPORA (ABOVE 1 LAKH)
(NRIs+PIOs)
USA - 4460000
Saudi Arabia - 3255864
Malaysia - 2975000
UAE – 2803751
Myanmar – 2008690
UK - 1825000
Sri Lanka - 1614000
South Africa - 1560000
Canada – 1016185
Kuwait - 919354
Mauritius - 894500
Oman – 783959
Qatar – 697500
Singapore – 650000
Nepal - 600000
Trinidad & Tobago – 556800
Australia – 496000
France - 456470
Bahrain – 316175
Fiji – 315198
Guyana – 297793
Netherlands – 235000
New Zealand - 200000
Italy – 197301
Thailand - 195000
Germany - 169602
Suriname - 154471
Philippines - 120000
Indonesia – 107500
HOW THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
DEFINES THEM
NRI: An Indian citizen who is
ordinarily residing outside India and holds an Indian Passport
PIO: A person who or whose
any of ancestors was an Indian national and who is presently holding another
country’s citizenship/nationality i.e. he/she is holding foreign passport
Overseas Citizen of India
(OCI) Cardholder: A person registered as Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)
Cardholder under section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1955
HOW CAN THEY ACQUIRE INDIAN CITIZENSHIP?
NRI: He/she is an Indian Citizen
PIO: As per section 5(1)(a)
& 5(1)(c) of the Citizenship Act, 1955, he/she has to be ordinarily
resident in India for a period of 7 years before making an application for registration.
OCI Cardholder: As per
section 5(1)(g) of the Citizenship Act,1955, a person registered as an OCI
cardholder for 5 years and who is ordinarily resident in India for twelve
months before making an application for registration is eligible for grant of Indian
citizenship.
INDIAN DIASPORA ACCORDING TO
UN SURVEY – AS IN 2015
Trends in International
Migrant Stock – conducted by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
16 Million: India (Largest
diaspora population in the world)
12 Million: Mexico
244 MILLION - POPULATION OF
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN 2015 – IT INCLUDES 20 MILLION REFUGEES
WHERE THEY ARE HOSTED
76 Million: Asia
75 Million: Europe
Countries with largest number
of international migrants: Asia (11 countries), Europe (6 countries), Africa,
Latin America, the Caribbean and Northern America (1 each).
*Data from Government of and
United Nations resources
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