Tag: citizens and citizenship

A duty is an obligation of an individual towards other individuals residing in the society. It is regarded as an obligation or duty towards others. The term 'Duty' denotes what one is bound to do. Every individual must abide by certain rules of behaviour in society for his own good and for the good of others. These include some do's and don'ts. Duties are both positive ad negative in nature. Everyone in society must perform these duties in the larger interest of society and state. Everyone must behave in such a way that promotes common good and social welfare. Duties in turn contribute to the public good. They establish peace and order in society. Duties always precede rights.

Citizenship is a status of being a citizen of a particular country. In India, one condition of citizenship is that citizens should owe their allegiance towards the nation and respect the Constitution of India. They are given civil rights as the right to equality, life, freedom, education etc and Political Rights such as the right to vote etc.

According to Citizenship Act, 1955, foreigners can get Indian citizenship through the procedure of Citizenship by Naturalisation. They must be residing in India for twelve years throughout the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of application and for eleven years in the aggregate in the fourteen years preceding the twelve months. They should have an adequate knowledge of a language specified in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. If Central Government is satisfied that the applicant is qualified for naturalization under the provisions of the Third Schedule, then they grant to a certificate of naturalization.

Like any other modern state, India has citizens and aliens. A citizen is the one who owes his allegiance to his country, has political and fundamental rights. Wheres, an alien is the who does not owe allegiance and has no right to participate in the government process. 

Five ways are prescribed by the citizenship act of 1955 to acquire citizenship of India. These are

Part 2 of the Indian Constitution deals with citizenship. Indian Constitution provides for single citizenship which means that there is no concept of state citizenship. Also, one cannot have of India and any other country simultaneously. S/he will have to give up citizenship of one country to hold onto other.

Citizenship is a status of being a citizen of a particular country. The Nation provides its citizen certain rights and anyone who is a citizen at can avail the rights provided by the Nation. In India, Right to education, health care, privacy, Freedom etc is provided to the citizens of India.

Parliamentary privileges are special rights, immunities, exceptions enjoyed by the members of the two houses of parliament and their committees. These privileges are classified into two categories, viz:

Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or belonging to a nation. It gives him/her some rights and privileges along with duties and obligations towards the nation. It gives him a chance to lead a better life and to establish a convenient administrative setup along with a sense of dignity.

A person can acquire citizenship by the registration under Indian Citizenship Act, 1955 if a person is ordinarily resident of India for seven years before making application for registration.