Lok Sabha Question No. 475 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: List of Indian Workers Abroad
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.475 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2017

## LIST OF INDIAN WORKERS ABROAD

## 475.   SHRI Y.V. SUBBA REDDY:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether States are requesting the Ministry to maintain a list of Indians  working in  Gulf  countries  and  distribute  the  same  to States  concerned  so  that  the  concerned  State  can  take necessary steps whenever needed;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  reasons  why  Ministry  cannot  have  bilateral  agreement with each of the Gulf countries so that prisoners can be sent back  to  respective  States  to  execute  remaining  term  of punishment in Indian jails; and
- (d) the  other  suggestions  received  from  other  States  in  the conference  conducted  recently  in  Delhi  by  the  Ministry  and status of implementation of each of such suggestion?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI M. J. AKBAR)

- (a) & (b) Some  States  have  inter-alia  requested  for  sharing  of data of Indians working in Gulf countries from the concerned States during a recent conference held by Ministry of External Affairs with State Governments. This data is placed at Annexure. List of Indians working in Gulf countries from a specific State will be provided to the concerned State Government separately.
- (c) India  has  bilateral  agreements  on  'Transfer  of  Sentenced Persons'  with  several  countries  including  Bahrain,  Kuwait,  Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

(d) Several suggestions were received during the Conference with State  Governments  by  the  Ministry.  Some  of  the  key  suggestions were:

- (i) Posting of language translators in Missions abroad;

(ii) Early  dispatch  of  mortal  remains  of  Indian  workers  from overseas;

(iii)  Pravasi  Bhartiya  Bima  Yojna  (PBBY)  to  be  extended  to Emigration  Check  Not  Required  (ECNR)  passport  holders also;

- (iv) Taking stern action against illegal agents in different States;
- (v) Opening  of  more  POE  offices  in  U.P .,  Bihar,  Dehradun  and North East States;
- (vi)  Synchronization of Skill Development initiatives with Overseas Employment etc.

Action on these suggestions is under process.

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ANNEXURE (3 pages) Emigration Clearance count for the year 2015 - State wise and country wise

| STATE              |   United Arab Emirates |   Saudi Arabia |   Kuwait |   Qatar |   Oman |   Bahrain |   TOTAL |
|--------------------|------------------------|----------------|----------|---------|--------|-----------|---------|
| ANDAMAN&NICOBAR    |                     10 |              8 |        4 |       3 |      2 |         1 |      28 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH     |                  12032 |           8875 |    15890 |    2611 |   4150 |      1017 |   44575 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH  |                      5 |              4 |        1 |       2 |      1 |         1 |      14 |
| ASSAM              |                    493 |           2915 |      622 |      99 |    110 |        21 |    4260 |
| BIHAR              |                  32538 |          42956 |     3955 |   10364 |  15300 |      1314 |  106427 |
| CHANDIGARH         |                    171 |            104 |       50 |      54 |     45 |        19 |     443 |
| CHHATTISGARH       |                     63 |            102 |       17 |      17 |     28 |         0 |     227 |
| DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI |                      4 |              3 |        1 |       0 |      2 |         0 |      10 |
| DAMAN&DIU          |                      4 |              2 |        2 |       5 |      0 |         0 |      13 |
| DELHI              |                    635 |           1189 |      180 |     172 |    244 |        44 |    2464 |
| GOA                |                    279 |            195 |      544 |      47 |     87 |        30 |    1182 |
| GUJARAT            |                   2000 |           1369 |      538 |     902 |   1861 |       106 |    6776 |
| HARYANA            |                    852 |            678 |      236 |     244 |    168 |        48 |    2226 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH   |                    393 |            274 |      122 |     236 |    120 |        15 |    1160 |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR     |                    316 |           3267 |      800 |     186 |     84 |        36 |    4689 |
| JHARKHAND          |                   2057 |           3427 |      421 |     608 |    764 |        98 |    7375 |
| KARNATAKA          |                   3334 |           4687 |     1011 |     956 |   1634 |       226 |   11848 |
| KERALA             |                  13798 |          12371 |     2858 |    4379 |   7707 |      1618 |   42731 |
| LAKSHADWEEP        |                      3 |              0 |        0 |       1 |      0 |         0 |       4 |
| MADHYAPRADESH      |                    318 |           1089 |      400 |      48 |    149 |        14 |    2018 |
| MANIPUR            |                      7 |             16 |        1 |       1 |      0 |         2 |      27 |
| MAHARASHTRA        |                   4196 |           5481 |     1452 |    2297 |   1478 |       280 |   15184 |
| MEGHALAYA          |                      4 |              4 |        0 |       3 |      0 |         0 |      11 |
| MIZORAM            |                      0 |              2 |        0 |       0 |      0 |         0 |       2 |
| NAGALAND           |                      1 |             11 |        1 |       0 |      0 |         0 |      13 |
| ORISSA             |                   6740 |           2278 |     1381 |    1545 |   2816 |       300 |   15060 |
| PONDICHERRY        |                    137 |             82 |       98 |      23 |     45 |        12 |     397 |
| PUNJAB             |                  25485 |           4216 |     4207 |    5412 |   3476 |      1502 |   44298 |
| RAJASTHAN          |                  14984 |          16190 |     4450 |    4258 |   4718 |      1215 |   45815 |
| SIKKIM             |                      9 |              0 |        0 |       2 |      1 |         0 |      12 |
| TAMIL NADU         |                  23280 |          14399 |     7572 |    4900 |   8703 |      1552 |   60406 |
| TELANGANA          |                  13276 |          10716 |     1658 |    1770 |   6577 |      2009 |   36006 |
| TRIPURA            |                    160 |           1138 |      759 |      23 |     28 |         4 |    2112 |
| UTTARAKHAND        |                    908 |           3064 |      171 |     155 |    358 |        75 |    4731 |
| UTTAR PRADESH      |                  55249 |         128251 |    12377 |   13806 |  21101 |      3417 |  234201 |
| WEST BENGAL        |                  11771 |          37279 |     4764 |    4211 |   3271 |       643 |   61939 |
| Total              |                 225512 |         306642 |    66543 |   59340 |  85028 |     15619 |  758684 |

## Emigration Clearance count for the year 2016 - State wise and country wise

| STATE              |   United Arab Emirates |   Saudi Arabia |   Kuwait |   Qatar |   Oman |   Bahrain |   Total |
|--------------------|------------------------|----------------|----------|---------|--------|-----------|---------|
| ANDAMAN &NICOBAR   |                      4 |              7 |        2 |       1 |      3 |         0 |      17 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH     |                   5771 |           3571 |    13232 |     612 |   2827 |       561 |   26574 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH  |                      0 |              0 |        0 |       2 |      1 |         0 |       3 |
| ASSAM              |                    575 |           2284 |      853 |      61 |     76 |         6 |    3855 |
| BIHAR              |                  25571 |          24005 |     7828 |    6371 |  10587 |      1117 |   75479 |
| CHANDIGARH         |                     57 |             38 |       62 |      18 |     27 |        12 |     214 |
| CHHATTISGARH       |                     57 |             59 |       21 |      15 |     26 |         7 |     185 |
| DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI |                      2 |              2 |        0 |       1 |      2 |         1 |       8 |
| DAMAN &DIU         |                     19 |              3 |        3 |       4 |      2 |         1 |      32 |
| DELHI              |                    413 |            862 |      199 |      83 |    155 |        32 |    1744 |
| GOA                |                    173 |            101 |      393 |      36 |    120 |        10 |     833 |
| GUJARAT            |                   1161 |            710 |      597 |     523 |   1402 |       118 |    4511 |
| HARYANA            |                    642 |            532 |      279 |     120 |    153 |        52 |    1778 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH   |                    277 |            153 |      133 |     101 |     84 |        19 |     767 |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR     |                    231 |           3032 |      890 |     113 |     48 |        18 |    4332 |
| JHARKHAND          |                   1430 |           1703 |      556 |     297 |    595 |        51 |    4632 |
| KARNATAKA          |                   1738 |           1761 |      902 |     522 |   1384 |       117 |    6424 |
| KERALA             |                   6314 |           8561 |     2331 |     892 |   6309 |       555 |   24962 |
| LAKSHADWEEP        |                      3 |              1 |        0 |       0 |      0 |         0 |       4 |
| MADHYA PRADESH     |                    222 |            587 |      371 |      27 |    107 |         7 |    1321 |
| MANIPUR            |                      2 |             10 |        2 |       0 |      1 |         1 |      16 |
| MAHARASHTRA        |                   2990 |           2739 |     1530 |    1431 |   1447 |       228 |   10365 |
| MEGHALAYA          |                      4 |              4 |        0 |       0 |      0 |         1 |       9 |
| MIZORAM            |                      1 |              0 |        0 |       0 |      0 |         0 |       1 |
| NAGALAND           |                      0 |              1 |        0 |       0 |      0 |         0 |       1 |
| ORISSA             |                   5380 |           1761 |     2206 |    1053 |   1423 |       213 |   12036 |
| PONDICHERRY        |                     92 |             41 |       89 |       6 |     24 |         4 |     256 |
| PUNJAB             |                  17140 |           3003 |     4095 |    3255 |   2268 |      1002 |   30763 |
| RAJASTHAN          |                  14255 |           7457 |     5296 |    1742 |   4904 |      1380 |   35034 |
| SIKKIM             |                      1 |              4 |        2 |       1 |      1 |         3 |      12 |
| TAMILNADU          |                  16832 |           5700 |     5765 |    2190 |   6640 |       624 |   37751 |
| TELANGANA          |                  10776 |           4933 |     1828 |     768 |   4004 |      2343 |   24652 |
| TRIPURA            |                    450 |           1341 |      923 |      12 |     26 |         4 |    2756 |
| UTTARAKHAND        |                    545 |           1927 |      241 |     101 |    395 |        33 |    3242 |
| UTTAR PRADESH      |                  41210 |          59799 |    15480 |    6603 |  15652 |      2734 |  141478 |
| WEST BENGAL        |                   9393 |          28664 |     6293 |    3658 |   2531 |       710 |   51249 |
| Total              |                 163731 |         165356 |    72402 |   30619 |  63224 |     11964 |  507296 |

## Emigration Clearance count for the year 2017 (till 30 June) - State wise and country wise

| STATE              |   UAE |   Saudi Arabia |   Kuwait |   Qatar |   Oman |   Bahrain |   TOTAL |
|--------------------|-------|----------------|----------|---------|--------|-----------|---------|
| ANDAMAN &NICOBAR   |     2 |              1 |        3 |       1 |      0 |         0 |       7 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH     |  1838 |            795 |     4847 |     376 |    902 |       212 |    8970 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH  |     0 |              0 |        0 |       0 |      0 |         0 |       0 |
| ASSAM              |   229 |            813 |      434 |      16 |     60 |         8 |    1560 |
| BIHAR              | 15392 |           8752 |     3050 |    2745 |   5296 |       572 |   35807 |
| CHANDIGARH         |    34 |              8 |       19 |       6 |      2 |         5 |      74 |
| CHHATTISGARH       |    30 |             24 |        7 |       1 |      6 |         3 |      71 |
| DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI |     4 |              0 |        0 |       0 |      2 |         0 |       6 |
| DAMAN &DIU         |     8 |              1 |        0 |       3 |      1 |         0 |      13 |
| DELHI              |   215 |            241 |       89 |      34 |     64 |        11 |     654 |
| GOA                |    67 |             37 |      190 |      11 |     33 |         7 |     345 |
| GUJARAT            |   448 |            247 |      312 |     284 |    900 |        30 |    2221 |
| HARYANA            |   301 |            166 |      126 |      41 |     70 |        16 |     720 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH   |   160 |             57 |       69 |      26 |     25 |        18 |     355 |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR     |   138 |            571 |      322 |      31 |     42 |         3 |    1107 |
| JHARKHAND          |   609 |            518 |      269 |     172 |    300 |        35 |    1903 |
| KARNATAKA          |   782 |            537 |      447 |     285 |    474 |        70 |    2595 |
| KERALA             |  1893 |           2719 |     1002 |     366 |   2750 |       265 |    8995 |
| LAKSHADWEEP        |     0 |              0 |        0 |       0 |      1 |         0 |       1 |
| MADHYA PRADESH     |    84 |            205 |      182 |      11 |     40 |         7 |     529 |
| MAHARASHTRA        |  1115 |            779 |      651 |     944 |    557 |        65 |    4111 |
| MANIPUR            |     5 |              7 |        0 |       0 |      0 |         0 |      12 |
| MEGHALAYA          |     0 |              1 |        0 |       0 |      0 |         1 |       2 |
| MIZORAM            |     1 |              0 |        0 |       0 |      0 |         0 |       1 |
| NAGALAND           |     1 |              0 |        0 |       0 |      0 |         0 |       1 |
| ORISSA             |  2275 |            438 |      878 |     642 |    920 |       140 |    5293 |
| PONDICHERRY        |    57 |             14 |       40 |       2 |     17 |         3 |     133 |
| PUNJAB             |  8230 |            938 |     1516 |    1101 |   1059 |       670 |   13514 |
| RAJASTHAN          |  7158 |           2888 |     2252 |     874 |   3054 |       399 |   16625 |
| SIKKIM             |     2 |              0 |        0 |       1 |      0 |         1 |       4 |
| TAMILNADU          |  7583 |           1576 |     2544 |     580 |   3344 |       255 |   15882 |
| TELANGANA          |  3897 |           1123 |      650 |     354 |   2153 |       642 |    8819 |
| TRIPURA            |   156 |            239 |      320 |       7 |     17 |         2 |     741 |
| UTTAR PRADESH      | 16590 |           1179 |     5717 |    2295 |   6403 |       859 |   33043 |
| UTTARAKHAND        |   210 |            562 |      126 |      46 |    190 |        13 |    1147 |
| WEST BENGAL        |  5264 |           7559 |     2245 |    1712 |   1731 |       225 |   18736 |
| Total              | 74778 |          32995 |    28307 |   12967 |  30413 |      4537 |  183997 |

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