Lok Sabha Question No. 3271 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: Students Studying Abroad
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rodmal Nagar, Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3271 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05-08-2022

## STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD

## † 3271. SHRI RODMAL NAGAR: SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether   the   Government   has   maintained   any   data   of   students enrolled   in   different   subjects   including   medical   courses   and engineering, abroad;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years and the current year, country-wise and State/UT-wise including Bihar;
- (c) the number of students studying medicine and engineering abroad, country-wise and discipline-wise; and
- (d) the number of Indians returning home from abroad under Vande Bharat Mission, State/UT-wise including Bihar?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

(SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN)

(a) to (c) The Government of India has the details of the numbers of students leaving India for educational purposes. Such data is maintained by Bureau of Immigration based on students exiting India. As per the information received from Bureau of Immigration, the country-wise details of number of students who proceeded abroad for studies during the last three years and the current year  is placed at Annexure-I.

(d) As on 21 st  March, 2022, 3.09 Crores passengers including from Bihar (in-bound and out-bound) have been facilitated in the flights operated under the VBM and Air Bubble Arrangements.

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## ANNEXURE-I

| 30.06.2022) Sl No.   | COUNTR Y                       | 2019   | 2020   | 2021   | 2022 (TILL 30.06.2022)   |
|----------------------|--------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------------------------|
| 1                    | AFGHANISTAN                    | 39     | 10     | 10     | 2                        |
| 2                    | ALAND ISLANDS                  | 0      | 0      | 2      | 1                        |
| 3                    | ALBANIA                        | 7      | 2      | 335    | 30                       |
| 4                    | ALGERIA                        | 2      | 0      | 2      | 0                        |
| 5                    | AMERICAN SAMOA                 | 2      | 1      | 0      | 0                        |
| 6                    | ANDORRA                        | 19     | 8      | 12     | 24                       |
| 7                    | ANGOLA                         | 6      | 1      | 1      | 3                        |
| 8                    | ANGUILLA                       | 1      | 1      | 2      | 1                        |
| 9                    | ANTARTICA                      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0                        |
| 10                   | ANTIGUA AND BARBADOS           | 46     | 28     | 8      | 19                       |
| 11                   | ARGENTINA                      | 24     | 7      | 28     | 7                        |
| 12                   | ARMENIA                        | 1810   | 534    | 2796   | 464                      |
| 13                   | ARUBA                          | 14     | 7      | 7      | 5                        |
| 14                   | AUSTRALIA                      | 73808  | 33629  | 8950   | 28090                    |
| 15                   | AUSTRIA                        | 457    | 192    | 353    | 203                      |
| 16                   | AZERBAIJAN                     | 112    | 37     | 35     | 42                       |
| 17                   | BAHAMAS                        | 54     | 8      | 19     | 32                       |
| 18                   | BAHRAIN                        | 234    | 46     | 38     | 39                       |
| 19                   | BANGLADESH                     | 13412  | 5479   | 10493  | 6606                     |
| 20                   | BARBADOS                       | 100    | 40     | 24     | 26                       |
| 21                   | BELARUS                        | 730    | 524    | 641    | 92                       |
| 22                   | BELGIUM                        | 648    | 355    | 605    | 136                      |
| 23                   | BELIZE                         | 142    | 19     | 19     | 25                       |
| 24                   | BENIN                          | 4      | 0      | 7      | 0                        |
| 25                   | BERMUDA                        | 10     | 0      | 2      | 0                        |
| 26                   | BHUTAN                         | 52     | 6      | 0      | 5                        |
| 27                   | BOLIVIA                        | 6      | 0      | 0      | 0                        |
| 28                   | BOSNIA                         | 7      | 6      | 7      | 13                       |
| 29                   | BOTSWANA                       | 8      | 6      | 2      | 6                        |
| 30                   | BRAZIL                         | 85     | 24     | 24     | 24                       |
| 31                   | BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY | 8      | 2      | 1      | 0                        |
| 32                   | BRUNEI                         | 20     | 8      | 1      | 8                        |
| 33                   | BULGARIA                       | 224    | 53     | 133    | 60                       |
| 34                   | BURKINA FASO                   | 2      | 0      | 0      | 3                        |
| 35                   | BURUNDI                        | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0                        |
| 36                   | CAMBODIA                       | 133    | 54     | 42     | 30                       |
| 37                   | CAMEROON                       | 35     | 8      | 28     | 31                       |
| 38                   | CANADA                         | 132620 | 43624  | 102688 | 60258                    |
| 39                   | CAPE VERDE ISLANDS             | 14     | 4      | 10     | 5                        |
| 40                   | CAYMAN ISLANDS                 | 2      | 0      | 3      | 1                        |
| 41                   | CHAD                           | 27     | 0      | 1      | 1                        |
| 42                   | CHILE                          | 61     | 6      | 10     | 22                       |
| 43                   | CHINA                          | 19170  | 398    | 3      | 1                        |
| 44 45                | CHRISTMAS ISLANDS COG(CONGO)   | 2 6    | 0 2    | 0 2    | 1 2                      |

| 46    | COLOMBIA                            | 19     | 0      | 4      | 4      |
|-------|-------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 47    | COMOROS                             | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 48    | COSTA RICA                          | 7      | 3      | 14     | 2      |
| 49    | CUBA                                | 2      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 50    | CYPRUS                              | 3528   | 1511   | 162    | 203    |
| 51    | CZECH                               | 651    | 314    | 512    | 277    |
| 52    | DENMARK                             | 520    | 253    | 341    | 163    |
| 53    | DJIBOUTI                            | 1      | 4      | 0      | 0      |
| 54    | DOMINICA                            | 4      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 55    | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC                  | 1      | 2      | 0      | 0      |
| 56    | EAST TIMOR (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) | 7      | 4      | 2      | 6      |
| 57    | ECUADOR                             | 5      | 2      | 0      | 2      |
| 58    | EGYPT                               | 440    | 188    | 519    | 74     |
| 59    | EL SALVADOR                         | 5      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 60    | ERITREA                             | 3      | 0      | 5      | 1      |
| 61    | ESTONIA                             | 129    | 50     | 94     | 17     |
| 62    | ETHIOPIA                            | 11     | 4      | 38     | 3      |
| 63    | FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINES)         | 3      | 0      | 3      | 4      |
| 64    | FAROE ISLANDS                       | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 65    | FIJI                                | 18     | 6      | 3      | 2      |
| 66    | FINLAND                             | 243    | 80     | 133    | 92     |
| 67    | FRANCE                              | 8495   | 4333   | 5293   | 1945   |
| 68    | FRANCE METROPOLITAN                 | 1      | 1      | 2      | 1      |
| 69    | FRENCH GUIANA                       | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 70    | FRENCH POLYNESIA                    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      |
| 71    | GABON                               | 28     | 6      | 3      | 9      |
| 72    | GAMBIA                              | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      |
| 73    | GEORGIA                             | 4148   | 1724   | 2599   | 1836   |
| 74    | GERMANY                             | 18034  | 9865   | 16259  | 8049   |
| 75    | GHANA                               | 18     | 4      | 14     | 9      |
| 76    | GIBRALTAR                           | 5      | 4      | 4      | 4      |
| 77    | GREECE                              | 203    | 87     | 62     | 105    |
| 78    | GREENLAND                           | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 79    | GRENADA                             | 27     | 7      | 16     | 8      |
| 80    | GUADELOUPE                          | 1      | 2      | 0      | 1      |
| 81    | GUATEMALA                           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      |
| 82    | GUINEA                              | 7      | 8      | 3      | 7      |
| 83    | GUINEA BISSAU                       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      |
| 84    | GUYANA                              | 200    | 10     | 104    | 111    |
| 85    | HAITI                               | 7      | 5      | 3      | 8      |
| 86    | HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS          | 3      | 1      | 0      | 1      |
| 87    | HONDURAS                            | 1      | 2      | 0      | 0      |
| 88    | HONG KONG                           | 1646   | 563    | 198    | 108    |
| 89    | HUNGURY                             | 440    | 243    | 304    | 59     |
| 90    | ICELAND                             | 61     | 16     | 23     | 14     |
| 91    | INDONESIA                           | 273    | 77     | 11     | 49     |
| 92    | IRAN                                | 737 78 | 186 17 | 600 65 | 558 44 |
| 93 94 | IRAQ IRELAND                        | 6671   | 3272   | 4869   | 1552 1 |
| 95    | ISLE OF MAN                         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 481    |
| 96    | ISRAEL                              | 1268   | 460    | 639    |        |

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| 97      | ITALY                            | 4791   | 3211    | 3008   | 1108   |
|---------|----------------------------------|--------|---------|--------|--------|
| 98      | IVORY COST                       | 4      | 1       | 2      | 0      |
| 99      | JAMAICA                          | 112    | 55      | 112    | 59     |
| 100     | JAPAN                            | 1761   | 552     | 193    | 846    |
| 101     | JERSEY                           | 1      | 0       | 0      | 5      |
| 102     | JORDAN                           | 32     | 2       | 11     | 11     |
| 103     | KAZAKHSTAN                       | 6080   | 937     | 5625   | 2538   |
| 104     | KENYA                            | 312    | 40      | 155    | 95     |
| 105     | KIRIBATI                         | 2      | 0       | 2      | 1      |
| 106     | KOREA(DPR)                       | 15     | 9       | 7      | 9      |
| 107     | KOREA(REPUBLIC OF)               | 1180   | 526     | 631    | 502    |
| 108     | KUWAIT                           | 421    | 33      | 24     | 38     |
| 109     | KYRGHYZSTAN                      | 12942  | 865     | 15162  | 2309   |
| 110     | LAOS                             | 4      | 2       | 3      | 2      |
| 111     | LATVIA                           | 1464   | 539     | 537    | 365    |
| 112     | LEBANON                          | 13     | 2       | 4      | 0      |
| 113     | LESOTHO                          | 2      | 0       | 1      | 0      |
| 114     | LIBERIA                          | 3      | 2       | 3      | 0      |
| 115     | LIBYA                            | 0      | 0       | 1      | 0      |
| 116     | LIECHTENSTEIN                    | 3      | 1       | 1      | 0      |
| 117     | LITHUANIA                        | 398    | 227     | 355    | 120    |
| 118     | LUXEMBOURG                       | 48     | 21      | 53     | 16     |
| 119     | MACAU                            | 34     | 4       | 3      | 2      |
| 120     | MACEDONIA                        | 3      | 0       | 0      | 1      |
| 121     | MADAGASCAR                       | 1      | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 122     | MALAWI                           | 21     | 4       | 7      | 10     |
| 123     | MALAYSIA                         | 4090   | 1121    | 567    | 943    |
| 124     | MALDIVES                         | 132    | 59      | 384 1  | 75     |
| 125     | MALI                             | 2      | 1       |        | 2      |
| 126     | MALTA                            | 540    | 250     | 222    | 119    |
| 127     | MAURITANIA                       | 28     | 9       | 11     | 10     |
| 128     | MAURITIUS                        | 1590   | 956     | 827    | 811    |
| 129     | MAYOTTE                          | 1      | 0       | 1      | 0      |
| 130     | MEXICO                           | 50     | 13      | 1068   | 27     |
| 131     | MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF) | 0      | 1       | 0      | 0      |
| 132 133 | MOLDOVA MONACO                   | 385 0  | 155 0   | 318 1  | 148 2  |
| 134     | MONGOLIA                         | 2      | 1       | 1      | 2      |
| 135     | MONTENEGRO                       | 5      | 3       | 6      | 1      |
| 136     | MOROCCO                          | 19     | 2       | 3      | 0      |
| 137     | MOZAMBIQUE                       | 8      | 1       | 0      | 6      |
| 138     | MYANMAR                          | 43     | 13      | 6      | 14     |
| 139     | NAMIBIA                          | 40     | 7       | 10     | 22     |
| 140     | NAURU                            | 4      | 1       | 1      | 1      |
| 141     | NEPAL                            | 909    | 221     | 379    | 186    |
| 142     | NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | 2593   | 1335 18 | 2006   | 433    |
| 143 144 | NEUTRAL ZONE                     | 73 2   | 1       | 20 2   | 5 0    |
| 145 146 | NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND        | 71     | 19 5321 | 0 64   | 4 297  |
| 147     | NICARAGUA                        | 10297  |         | 0      | 0      |
| 148     | NIGER                            | 4 0    | 2 1     | 1      | 0      |

| 149     | NIGERIA                          | 28     | 8     | 15    | 10      |
|---------|----------------------------------|--------|-------|-------|---------|
| 150     | NIUE ISLAND                      | 2      | 0     | 0     | 0       |
| 151     | NORFOLK ISLAND                   | 1      | 1     | 1     | 1       |
| 152     | NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS         | 1      | 0     | 0     | 1       |
| 153     | NORWAY                           | 277    | 125   | 188   | 66      |
| 154     | OMAN                             | 459    | 97    | 92    | 44      |
| 155     | PAKISTAN                         | 670    | 505   | 66    | 92      |
| 156     | PALESTINIAN                      | 2      | 0     | 0     | 0       |
| 157     | PANAMA                           | 16     | 9     | 36    | 29      |
| 158     | PAPUA NEW GUINEA                 | 5      | 3     | 0     | 1       |
| 159     | PARAGUAY                         | 4      | 2     | 2     | 2       |
| 160     | PERU                             | 6      | 3     | 1     | 4       |
| 161     | PHILLIPPINES                     | 13479  | 4601  | 251   | 1589    |
| 162     | PITCAIRN                         | 1      | 2     | 0     | 1       |
| 163     | POLAND                           | 2007   | 616   | 1046  | 491     |
| 164     | PORTUGAL                         | 190    | 79    | 155   | 43      |
| 165     | PUERTO RICO                      | 1      | 1     | 0     | 2       |
| 166     | QATAR                            | 427    | 100   | 325   | 63      |
| 167     | REPUBLIC OF CHINA TAIWAN         | 1012   | 302   | 336   | 127     |
| 168     | REPUBLIC OF CROATIA              | 21     | 14    | 36    | 38      |
| 169     | REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA             | 30     | 6     | 12    | 22      |
| 170     | RESIDENT OF KOSOVO (UNMIK)       | 1      | 0     | 1     | 0       |
| 171     | REUNION ISLANDS                  | 6      | 5     | 2     | 1       |
| 172     | ROMANIA                          | 49     | 24    | 52    | 22      |
| 173     | RUSSIAN FEDERATION               | 16545  | 1387  | 15814 | 3711    |
| 174     | RWANDA                           | 12     | 4     | 4     | 1       |
| 175     | SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS      | 22     | 10    | 6     | 23      |
| 176     | SAINT HELENA                     | 17     | 4     | 0     | 0       |
| 177     | SAINT LUCIA                      | 104    | 39    | 39    | 26      |
| 178     | SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON        | 1      | 1     | 0     | 0       |
| 179     | SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | 25     | 8     | 9     | 5       |
| 180     | SAN MARINO PRINCIP               | 2 0    | 0 0   | 2     | 3       |
| 181     | SAO TOME AND                     |        |       | 0     | 1       |
| 182     | SAUDI ARABIA                     | 623    | 136   | 135   | 307     |
| 183     | SENEGAL                          | 10     | 2     | 4     | 2       |
| 184     | SERBIA                           | 33     | 12    | 330   | 9       |
| 185     | SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO            | 0      | 0     | 0     | 0       |
| 186     | SEYCHELLES                       | 54     | 7     | 4     | 10      |
| 187     | SIERRA LEONE                     | 16     | 2     | 1     | 6       |
| 188     | SINGAPORE                        | 15419  | 4860  | 2664  | 5922    |
| 189     | SLOVAK REPUBLIC                  | 171    | 48    | 85    | 31      |
| 190     | SOMALIA                          | 0      | 1     | 0     | 0       |
| 191     | SOUTH AFRICA                     | 609    | 348   | 396   | 308     |
| 192     | SOUTH SUDAN                      | 2      | 0     | 0     | 0       |
| 193     | SPAIN                            | 1624   | 840   | 1253  | 390     |
| 194     | SRI LANKA                        | 429    | 107   | 64    | 70      |
| 195     | SUDAN                            | 12     | 4     | 6     | 3       |
| 196     | SURINAME                         | 3      | 0     | 1     | 0       |
| 198     | SWEDEN                           | 1059   | 664   | 806   | 144 338 |
| 199 200 | SWITZERLAND SYRIA                | 1184 2 | 566 1 | 754 1 | 0       |

| 201   | TANZANIA                           |     90 |     58 |    107 |     56 |
|-------|------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 202   | TAZIKISTAN                         |   1187 |   1248 |   1100 |    133 |
| 203   | THAILAND                           |   1475 |    303 |     85 |    156 |
| 204   | TOGO                               |      5 |      2 |      5 |      2 |
| 205   | TONGA                              |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 206   | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO                |      4 |      0 |      1 |      4 |
| 207   | TUNISIA                            |      5 |      4 |      5 |      4 |
| 208   | TURKEY                             |    333 |     65 |    212 |     99 |
| 209   | TURKMENISTAN                       |      8 |      1 |      1 |      0 |
| 210   | TURKS AND CAICOS ISL               |      1 |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 211   | TUVALU                             |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 212   | UGANDA                             |    801 |    206 |    301 |    307 |
| 213   | UKRAINE                            |  13911 |   6723 |  18596 |   1491 |
| 214   | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES               |   9341 |   2925 |   3427 |   2305 |
| 215   | UNITED KINGDOM                     |  36612 |  44901 |  77855 |  38695 |
| 216   | UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLAN |     28 |     11 |     21 |      0 |
| 217   | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA           | 122535 |  62415 | 125115 |  64667 |
| 218   | URAGUAY                            |     20 |     10 |     23 |     11 |
| 219   | UZBEKISTAN                         |    300 |    102 |    503 |    289 |
| 220   | VANUATU                            |      8 |      6 |     13 |     13 |
| 221   | VENEZUELA                          |      1 |      1 |      1 |      2 |
| 222   | VIETNAM                            |    146 |     29 |      5 |     36 |
| 223   | VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)           |      3 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 224   | WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS          |      4 |      0 |      1 |      1 |
| 225   | YEMEN                              |     16 |      3 |      3 |      6 |
| 226   | YUGOSLAVIA                         |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 227   | ZAMBIA                             |     29 |     23 |     46 |     33 |
| 228   | ZIMBABWE                           |      1 |      0 |      2 |      1 |
|       | Total                              | 586337 | 259655 | 444553 | 245601 |

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