Overseas Indians Voters

Centre notifies changes to Citizenship Rules; focus on OCI registration

The Union Home Ministry on Thursday notified changes to the Citizenship Rules, 2009, introducing a digital shift across various processes for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders and citizenship applications. In a gazette notification published on Thursday, the government has added a specific proviso for citizenship applicants involving children that "the minor child cannot at any time hold the passport of any other country while also holding the Indian passport". The Citizenship Rules, 2009, allowed a person to submit an application for the registration of the birth of his minor child born outside India to the Indian consulate in the country where the child was born, together with a declaration that the child does not hold a passport of any other country. The changes, known as the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2026, introduce a slew of online initiatives for OCI cardholders, including a digital application and renunciation process. All applications for card registration an

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: What are the major issues for Indian Voters? CSDS-Lokniti 2024

The CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey showed that 62 per cent of respondents across various demographics perceived a greater difficulty in securing employment in the past five years.

National Voters' Day 2024: All you need to know about importance of voting

National Voters' Day is significant in light of the fact that the fate of a nation is in the hands of the voters and the essential freedoms of the Indian voters are revered in the Constitution

Prime Minister Modi extends greetings on National Voters' Day, lauds ECI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted people of the country on National Voters' Day

Only 24,000 overseas Indians have registered as voters: EC

Out of these, 23,556 are from Kerala, 364 from Punjab and 14 from Gujarat