Lok Sabha Question No. 6091 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Indian Citizens Abroad
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6091 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## INDIANS CITIZENS ABROAD

6091. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any estimate with regard to number of Indian citizens in general and from the State of Bihar and Saran Commissionary in particular working in other countries and MiddleEast specifically;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and country-wise; and
- (c) the   State-wise   and   district-wise   details   regarding   the   private remittances   received   from   Indians   abroad   during   the   last   three years, year-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

- (a) & (b) The overseas Indians are estimated to be 31.23 million. Only country-wise population data is maintained. A table of data of overseas Indians, as compiled in December, 2017 on the basis of inputs received from Indian Missions abroad, is enclosed as Annexure.
- (c) As per data obtained from RBI, the amount of Remittances (Private Transfers)   received   by   India   during   last   three   years,   year-wise,   is   as follows:-

| Year            |   Gross (US$ billion) |
|-----------------|-----------------------|
| 2014-15         |                 69.82 |
| 2015-16         |                 65.59 |
| 2016-17         |                 61.29 |
| Apr. 17-Sep. 17 |                 33.47 |

State-wise and district-wise data of NRI Remittances is not available.

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## ANNEXURE

| Population of Overseas Indians (Compiled in December, 2017)   | Population of Overseas Indians (Compiled in December, 2017)   | Population of Overseas Indians (Compiled in December, 2017)   | Population of Overseas Indians (Compiled in December, 2017)   | Population of Overseas Indians (Compiled in December, 2017)   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| SI. No.                                                       | Country                                                       | Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)                                   | Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs)                               | Overseas Indians                                              |
| 1                                                             | Afghanistan                                                   | 2,960                                                         | 9                                                             | 2,969                                                         |
| 2                                                             | Albania                                                       | 50                                                            | -                                                             | 50                                                            |
| 3                                                             | Algeria                                                       | 3,500                                                         | 16                                                            | 3,516                                                         |
| 4                                                             | Andorra                                                       | 160                                                           | 0                                                             | 160                                                           |
| 5                                                             | Angola                                                        | 1,500                                                         | 2,500                                                         | 4,000                                                         |

|   6 | Anguilla                 | 15       | 5        | 20        |
|-----|--------------------------|----------|----------|-----------|
|   7 | Antigua &Barbuda         | 250      | 300      | 550       |
|   8 | Argentina                | 600      | 1,800    | 2,400     |
|   9 | Armenia                  | 1,477    | 23       | 1,500     |
|  10 | Aruba                    | -        | 1,000    | 1,000     |
|  11 | Australia                | 2,41,000 | 2,55,000 | 4,96,000  |
|  12 | Austria and Montenegro   | 13,000   | 18,000   | 31,000    |
|  13 | Azerbaijan               | 953      | 24       | 977       |
|  14 | Bahamas                  | 250      | 50       | 300       |
|  15 | Bahrain                  | 3,12,918 | 3,257    | 3,16,175  |
|  16 | Bangladesh               | 10,385   | 6        | 10,391    |
|  17 | Barbados                 | 100      | 2,114    | 2,214     |
|  18 | Belarus                  | 420      | 67       | 487       |
|  19 | Belgium                  | 10,404   | 8,000    | 18,404    |
|  20 | Belize                   | 200      | 9,500    | 9,700     |
|  21 | Benin                    | 1,563    | 0        | 1,563     |
|  22 | Bhutan                   | 60,000   | 0        | 60,000    |
|  23 | Bolivia                  | 50       | 10       | 60        |
|  24 | Bonaire &Smaller Islands | -        | 200      | 200       |
|  25 | Bosnia &Herzegovina      | 20       | 6        | 26        |
|  26 | Botswana                 | 9,000    | 3,000    | 12,000    |
|  27 | Brazil                   | 4,729    | 344      | 5,073     |
|  28 | British Virgin Islands   | 50       | 10       | 60        |
|  29 | Brunei Darussalam        | 11,500   | 98       | 11,598    |
|  30 | Bulgaria                 | 100      | 62       | 162       |
|  31 | Burkina Faso             | 200      | 5        | 205       |
|  32 | Burundi                  | 465      | 35       | 500       |
|  33 | Cambodia                 | 1,500    | 10       | 1,510     |
|  34 | Cameroon                 | 245      | 0        | 245       |
|  35 | Canada                   | 1,84,320 | 8,31,865 | 10,16,185 |
|  36 | Cape Verde Islands       | 20       | 0        | 20        |
|  37 | Cayman Islands           | 1,500    | 10       | 1,510     |
|  38 | Central African Republic | 10       | 0        | 10        |
|  39 | Chad                     | 120      | 0        | 120       |
|  40 | Chile                    | 500      | 1,500    | 2,000     |
|  41 | China                    | 55,500   | 520      | 56,020    |
|  42 | China (Hong Kong)        | 45,000   | 6,430    | 51,430    |
|  43 | China (Rep. of) (Taiwan) | 2,444    | 128      | 2,572     |
|  44 | Colombia                 | 112      | 106      | 218       |
|  45 | Comoros                  | 30       | 200      | 230       |
|  46 | Congo (Dem. Rep. of)     | 9,000    | 25       | 9,025     |
|  47 | Congo (Republic of)      | 350      | 8        | 358       |
|  48 | Cook Island              | 5        | 200      | 205       |
|  49 | Costa Rica               | 230      | 20       | 250       |

|   50 | Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)                 | 1,500   | 0        | 1,500    |
|------|---------------------------------------------|---------|----------|----------|
|   51 | Croatia                                     | 43      | 37       | 80       |
|   52 | Cuba                                        | 500     | 200      | 700      |
|   53 | Curacao                                     | -       | 1,500    | 1,500    |
|   54 | Cyprus                                      | 5,730   | 128      | 5,858    |
|   55 | Czech Republic                              | 1,800   | 600      | 2,400    |
|   56 | Denmark                                     | 8,100   | 3,100    | 11,200   |
|   57 | Djibouti                                    | 350     | 0        | 350      |
|   58 | Dominica (Commonwealth of)                  | 15      | 200      | 215      |
|   59 | Dominican Republic                          | 100     | 75       | 175      |
|   60 | East Timor                                  | 70      | 0        | 70       |
|   61 | Ecuador                                     | 43      | 47       | 90       |
|   62 | Egypt                                       | 3,500   | 265      | 3,765    |
|   63 | EI Salvador                                 | 14      | 3        | 17       |
|   64 | Equatorial Guinea                           | 250     | 0        | 250      |
|   65 | Eritrea                                     | 1,000   | 3        | 1,003    |
|   66 | Estonia                                     | 518     | 400      | 918      |
|   67 | Ethiopia                                    | 5,250   | 23       | 5,273    |
|   68 | Fiji                                        | 1,400   | 3,13,798 | 3,15,198 |
|   69 | Finland                                     | 5,016   | 6,595    | 11,611   |
|   70 | France                                      | 19,000  | 90,000   | 1,09,000 |
|   71 | France (Reunion Island)                     | 250     | 2,80,000 | 2,80,250 |
|   72 | France (Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Martin) | 420     | 66,800   | 67,220   |
|   73 | Gabon                                       | 100     | 10       | 110      |
|   74 | Gambia                                      | 600     | 15       | 615      |
|   75 | Georgia                                     | 3,192   | 8        | 3,200    |
|   76 | Germany                                     | 97,865  | 71,737   | 1,69,602 |
|   77 | Ghana                                       | 10,000  | 0        | 10,000   |
|   78 | Greece                                      | 12,015  | 485      | 12,500   |
|   79 | Grenada                                     | 200     | 5,000    | 5,200    |
|   80 | Guatemala                                   | 50      | 33       | 83       |
|   81 | Guinea (Republic of)                        | 700     | 0        | 700      |
|   82 | Guinea Bissau                               | 100     | 3        | 103      |
|   83 | Guyana                                      | 300     | 2,97,493 | 2,97,793 |
|   84 | Haiti                                       | 580     | 0        | 580      |
|   85 | Holy See                                    | NA      | 0        | 0        |
|   86 | Honduras                                    | 15      | 2        | 17       |
|   87 | Hungary                                     | 1,026   | 124      | 1,150    |
|   88 | Iceland                                     | 257     | 76       | 333      |
|   89 | Indonesia                                   | 7,500   | 1,00,000 | 1,07,500 |
|   90 | Iran                                        | 4,000   | 190      | 4,190    |
|   91 | Iraq                                        | 10,000  | 0        | 10,000   |
|   92 | Ireland                                     | 13,500  | 20,500   | 34,000   |
|   93 | Israel                                      | 12,467  | 85,000   | 97,467   |

| 94      | Italy                            | 1,72,301     | 25,000         | 1,97,301   |
|---------|----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|------------|
| 95      | Jamaica                          | 5,000        | 75,000         | 80,000     |
| 96      | Japan                            | 28,047       | 670            | 28,717     |
| 97      | Jordan                           | 11,000       | 133            | 11,133     |
| 98      | Kazakhstan                       | 5,500        | 250            | 5,750      |
| 99      | Kenya                            | 20,000       | 60,000         | 80,000     |
| 100     | Kiribati                         | -            | 50             | 50         |
| 101     | Korea (DPR)                      | 12           | 0              | 12         |
| 102     | Korea (Republic of)              | 11,180       | 346            | 11,526     |
| 103     | Kuwait                           | 9,17,970     | 1,384          | 9,19,354   |
| 104     | Kyrgyzstan                       | 4,786        | 28             | 4,814      |
| 105     | Laos, PDR                        | 425          | 75             | 500        |
| 106     | Latvia                           | 760          | 25             | 785        |
| 107     | Lebanon                          | 8,000        | 30             | 8,030      |
| 108     | Lesotho (Kingdom of )            | 500          | 1,000          | 1,500      |
| 109     | Liberia                          | 3,000        | 0              | 3,000      |
| 110     | Libya                            | 1,500        | 2              | 1,502      |
| 111     | Liechtenstein (Principality of ) | 5            | 5              | 10         |
| 112     | Lithuania                        | 250          | 50             | 300        |
| 113     | Luxembourg                       | 500          | 500            | 1,000      |
| 114     | Macedonia                        | 10           | 5              | 15         |
| 115     | Madagascar                       | 2,500        | 15,000         | 17,500     |
| 116     | Malaysia                         | 2,25,000     | 27,50,000      | 29,75,000  |
| 117     | Malawi                           | 2,500        | 8,000          | 10,500     |
| 118     | Maldives                         | 25,000       | 108            | 25,108     |
| 119     | Mali                             | 299          | 0              | 299        |
| 120     | Malta                            | 300          | 65             | 365        |
| 121     | Marshall Islands (Republic of)   | 14           | 1              | 15         |
| 122     | Mauritania                       | 60           | 0              | 60         |
| 123     | Mauritius                        | 10,500       | 8,84,000       | 8,94,500   |
| 124     | Mexico                           | 6,500        | 1,500          | 8,000      |
| 125     | Micronesia                       | 1            | 0              | 1          |
| 126     | Moldova                          | 190          | 10             | 200        |
| 127     | Monaco                           | 30           | 40             | 70         |
| 128     | Mongolia                         | 150          | 5              | 155        |
| 129     | Montserrat                       | 40           | 200            | 240        |
| 130     | Morocco                          | 258          | 96             | 354        |
| 131     | Mozambique                       | 2,500        | 30,000         | 32,500     |
| 132     | Myanmar                          | 8,690        | 20,00,000      | 20,08,690  |
| 133     | Namibia                          | 200          | 59             | 259        |
| 134     | Nauru                            | 20           | 0              | 20         |
| 135     | Nepal                            | 6,00,000     | 0              | 6,00,000   |
| 136     | Netherlands                      | 35,000       | 2,00,000       | 2,35,000   |
|         |                                  |              |                | 6,281      |
| 137 138 | Netherlands Antilles New Zealand | 2,581 75,000 | 3,700 1,25,000 | 2,00,000   |
| 139     | Nicaragua                        | 6            | 6              | 12         |

|   140 | Niger                           | 150       | 0         | 150        |
|-------|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|   141 | Nigeria                         | 40,000    | 35        | 40,035     |
|   142 | Norway                          | 7,718     | 12,300    | 20,018     |
|   143 | Oman                            | 7,83,040  | 919       | 7,83,959   |
|   144 | Pakistan                        | 0         | 0         | 0          |
|   145 | Palau (Republic of)             | 15        | 0         | 15         |
|   146 | Palestine (PLO)                 | 20        | 0         | 20         |
|   147 | Panama                          | 4,000     | 9,000     | 13,000     |
|   148 | Papua New Guinea                | 1,400     | 100       | 1,500      |
|   149 | Paraguay                        | 200       | 400       | 600        |
|   150 | Peru                            | 399       | 55        | 454        |
|   151 | Philippines                     | 1,05,000  | 15,000    | 1,20,000   |
|   152 | Poland                          | 4,000     | 600       | 4,600      |
|   153 | Portugal                        | 7,244     | 66,000    | 73,244     |
|   154 | Qatar                           | 6,97,000  | 500       | 6,97,500   |
|   155 | Romania                         | 500       | 210       | 710        |
|   156 | Russian Federation              | 28,610    | 1,950     | 30,560     |
|   157 | Rwanda                          | 2,940     | 60        | 3,000      |
|   158 | Samoa                           | 40        | 30        | 70         |
|   159 | San Marino                      | NA        | 0         | 0          |
|   160 | Sao Tome and Principe (Rep. of) | 50        | 0         | 50         |
|   161 | Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)       | 32,53,901 | 1,963     | 32,55,864  |
|   162 | Senegal                         | 380       | 31        | 411        |
|   163 | Serbia                          | 56        | 7         | 63         |
|   164 | Seychelles                      | 4,000     | 6,000     | 10,000     |
|   165 | Sierra Leone                    | 900       | 50        | 950        |
|   166 | Singapore                       | 3,50,000  | 3,00,000  | 6,50,000   |
|   167 | Slovak Republic                 | 200       | 50        | 250        |
|   168 | Slovenia                        | 80        | 50        | 130        |
|   169 | Solomon Islands                 | 20        | 0         | 20         |
|   170 | Somalia                         | 100       | 0         | 100        |
|   171 | South Africa                    | 60,000    | 15,00,000 | 15,60,000  |
|   172 | Spain                           | 35,308    | 20,000    | 55,308     |
|   173 | Sri Lanka                       | 14,000    | 16,00,000 | 16,14,000  |
|   174 | St. Kitts and Nevis             | 250       | 500       | 750        |
|   175 | St. Lucia                       | 250       | 5,005     | 5,255      |
|   176 | St. Martin                      | -         | 5,300     | 5,300      |
|   177 | St. Vincent &the Grenadines     | 50        | 3,000     | 3,050      |
|   178 | Sudan                           | 3,400     | 100       | 3,500      |
|   179 | South Sudan                     | 500       | Nil       | 500        |
|   180 | Suriname                        | 150       | 1,54,321  | 1,54,471   |
|   181 | Swaziland                       | 500       | 500       | 1,000      |
|   182 | Sweden                          | 15,349    | 10,370    | 25,719     |
|   183 | Switzerland                     | 17,403    | 7,164 0   | 24,567 107 |
|   184 | Syria                           | 107       |           |            |

| 185   | Tajikistan            | 1,100       | 25          | 1,125       |
|-------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 186   | Tanzania              | 10,000      | 50,000      | 60,000      |
| 187   | Thailand              | 20,000      | 1,75,000    | 1,95,000    |
| 188   | Togo                  | 500         | 10          | 510         |
| 189   | Tonga                 | 6           | 40          | 46          |
| 190   | Trinidad &Tobago      | 1,800       | 5,55,000    | 5,56,800    |
| 191   | Tunisia               | 121         | 16          | 137         |
| 192   | Turkey                | 1,609       | 99          | 1,708       |
| 193   | Turkmenistan          | 975         | -           | 975         |
| 194   | Turks &Caicos Islands | 200         | 35          | 235         |
| 195   | Tuvalu                | -           | 50          | 50          |
| 196   | Uganda                | 23,500      | 6,500       | 30,000      |
| 197   | Ukraine               | 7,541       | 422         | 7,963       |
| 198   | UAE                   | 28,00,000   | 3,751       | 28,03,751   |
| 199   | UK                    | 3,25,000    | 15,00,000   | 18,25,000   |
| 200   | USA                   | 12,80,000   | 31,80,000   | 44,60,000   |
| 201   | Uruguay               | 500         | 30          | 530         |
| 202   | Uzbekistan            | 650         | 32          | 682         |
| 203   | Vanuatu               | 10          | 800         | 810         |
| 204   | Venezuela             | 70          | 40          | 110         |
| 205   | Vietnam               | 2,600       | 2,120       | 4,720       |
| 206   | Yemen                 | 400         | 10,000      | 10,400      |
| 207   | Zambia                | 5,000       | 18,000      | 23,000      |
| 208   | Zimbabwe              | 500         | 9,000       | 9,500       |
|       | TOTAL                 | 1,33,27,438 | 1,79,05,796 | 3,12,33,234 |

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