Lok Sabha Question No. 2433 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Arrival of Foreigners for Medical Treatment
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: ANURAG SINGH THAKUR, SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2433

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  JANUARY, 2018/ PAUSHA 12, 1939 (SAKA)

ARRIVAL OF FOREIGNERS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT

2433. SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of foreigners who have come to India for medical treatments, country-wise;
- (b) the number of foreigners who have been treated in India on humanitarian grounds with the Indian Government paying for the treatment;
- (c) whether the Government is contemplating on introducing a new category of visas with a liberal framework for entrepreneurs and researchers; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a)  Country  -  wise  details  of  foreigners  who  came  to  India  in  year  2016  for medical treatment is placed as per Annexure.
- (b) No such information is available.

(c) & (d) There is no proposal for introduction of new categories of visa at present.

## LS.US.Q.No.2433 FOR 02.01.2018 ANNEXURE

Country - wise statistics of foreigners in India on Medical Visa.

| Country                          | No. of overstaying foreigners   |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Afghanistan                      | 33955                           |
| Angola                           | 87                              |
| Australia                        | 75                              |
| Bahrain                          | 312                             |
| Bangladesh                       | 99799                           |
| Burundi                          | 82                              |
| Cambodia                         | 242                             |
| Canada                           | 133                             |
| Cameroon                         | 169                             |
| Comoros                          | 53                              |
| Democratic Rep. of Congo (Zaire) | 99                              |
| Djibouti                         | 265                             |
| Egypt                            | 56                              |
| Eritrea                          | 64                              |
| Ethiopia                         | 1307                            |
| Fiji                             | 296                             |
| Ghana                            | 113                             |
| Indonesia                        | 70                              |
| Iran                             | 63                              |
| Iraq                             | 13465                           |
| Kazakhstan                       | 118                             |
| Kenya                            | 3583                            |
| Kuwait                           | 140 73                          |
| Kyrgyzstan                       |                                 |
| Maldives                         | 3107                            |
| Mauritius                        | 457                             |
| Mongolia                         | 119                             |
| Myanmar (Burma)                  |                                 |
|                                  | 806                             |
| Nigeria                          | 4359                            |
| Oman                             | 12227                           |
| Pakistan                         | 1678                            |
| Palestine                        | 52                              |
| Philippines Russian Federation   | 55 96                           |
| Rwanda                           | 449                             |
| Saudi Arabia                     | 1232                            |
| Somalia                          | 3079                            |
| South Sudan                      | 155                             |
| Sri Lanka                        | 2315                            |
| Syria Arab Republic              | 73                              |
| Tanzania                         | 2572                            |
| Tajikistan                       | 514                             |
| Turkmenistan Uganda              | 130 673                         |
| United Arab                      | 137                             |
| Emirates                         | 370                             |
| United Kingdom                   |                                 |
| United States of America         | 296 4420                        |
| Uzbekistan                       |                                 |
| Yemen Zambia                     | 3674 287                        |
| Others                           | 1072                            |
| Total                            | 201099                          |

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