Lok Sabha Question No. 1002 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Indian Community Welfare Fund
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sanjay Seth, Thomas Chazhikadan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1002 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22-07.2022

## INDIAN COMMUNITY WELFARE FUND

## † 1002. SHRI SANJAY SETH :

## SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the amount collected from Pravasis through Indian Embassies as Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF)  for the last three years, country-wise;
- (b) the purposes for which the money received through ICWF has been spent in different countries;
- (c) the details of the works carried out and funds spent under the ICWF during the last three years, country-wise;
- (d) the   number   of   Indian   citizens   brought   back   during   the   RussiaUkraine war, State-wise; and
- (e) the   number   of   aeroplanes   used   and   amount   spent   by   the Government to bring back its citizens from the war-torn area of Ukraine?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

- (a) & (c) The information related to collection of ICWF and expenditure country -wise details may please be seen at Annexure-A.
- (b) The money received through ICWF has been spent in different countries for the following purposes:
- (i) Boarding & lodging,
- (ii) Air Passage to India,
- (iii) Legal assistance,
- (iv) Transportation of mortal remains,
- (v)    Payment for small fines and penalties in respect of Indian nationals for minor offences/crimes, and emergency medical care,
- (vi)   Community welfare activities and improvement in Consular services including provisions for setting-up of panel of lawyers in GCC and other countries with sizable Indian national population, assistance to distressed Indian women abroad are also covered under ICWF.

- (d) The State- wise details may please be seen at Annexure B.

(e) Under Operation Ganga, 90 flights, out of which 76 were commercial flights and 14 Indian Air Force (IAF) flights, were operated at Government of India cost. The Government has paid Rs.92,95,96,211 to the private airlines for arranging commercial flights.

## ANNEXURE - A

## Country-wise details of ICWF for last three years (2019-2021)

|   S No | Name of the country              |   Funds Collected (in Rs.) 2019- 2021 |   Funds Spent (in Rs.) 2019-2021 |
|--------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|      1 | Afghanistan                      |                               2365265 |                          1767968 |
|      2 | Algeria                          |                                855018 |                           916271 |
|      3 | Angola                           |                                584122 |                             3836 |
|      4 | Argentina                        |                                835129 |                           114559 |
|      5 | Armenia                          |                               2098361 |                          1044249 |
|      6 | Australia                        |                              75139630 |                         34861972 |
|      7 | Austria                          |                               4705633 |                         10917164 |
|      8 | Azerbaijan                       |                                780270 |                          1056966 |
|      9 | Bahrain                          |                              29734581 |                          9839613 |
|     10 | Bangladesh                       |                               1204948 |                           781788 |
|     11 | Belarus                          |                               1890558 |                            37565 |
|     12 | Belgium                          |                               5428014 |                           931898 |
|     13 | Bhutan                           |                                414374 |                                0 |
|     14 | Botswana                         |                               2811427 |                           463024 |
|     15 | Brazil                           |                               1086897 |                           274392 |
|     16 | Brunei darussalam                |                               3305013 |                          2922754 |
|     17 | Bulgaria                         |                                398708 |                           108048 |
|     18 | Burkina Faso                     |                                 30224 |                                0 |
|     19 | Cambodia                         |                               1319731 |                          3579910 |
|     20 | Cameroon                         |                                144856 |                             7878 |
|     21 | Canada                           |                             116449674 |                         53902286 |
|     22 | Chile                            |                                512797 |                           278975 |
|     23 | China                            |                              66428671 |                         70076575 |
|     24 | Colombia                         |                               3540419 |                          1676776 |
|     25 | Cote d'Ivoire                    |                               1444969 |                          1915625 |
|     26 | Croatia                          |                                228489 |                                0 |
|     27 | Cuba                             |                                 85225 |                           937205 |
|     28 | Cyprus                           |                                655343 |                           120009 |
|     29 | Czech Republic                   |                                920636 |                          1344371 |
|     30 | Democratic Republic of the Congo |                               1410400 |                            69709 |
|     31 | Denmark                          |                               2959962 |                          2731676 |
|     32 | Djibouti                         |                                163259 |                             8856 |
|     33 | Egypt                            |                               5951616 |                          2010624 |
|     34 | Equatorial Guinea                |                                  9270 |                             1862 |
|     35 | Eritrea                          |                                 24598 |                            10127 |
|     36 | Ethiopia                         |                               4400187 |                           420868 |
|     37 | Fiji                             |                                497630 |                           814248 |

|   38 | Finland     |   2437415 |   1096942 |
|------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|   39 | France      |  18442890 |  57795167 |
|   40 | Germany     |  33023544 |  15846743 |
|   41 | Ghana       |   6057151 |   2746109 |
|   42 | Greece      |   2339761 |   1450345 |
|   43 | Guatemala   |    164962 |    947658 |
|   44 | Guinea      |    102899 |         0 |
|   45 | Guyana      |    214696 |    513169 |
|   46 | Hungary     |    502891 |    137083 |
|   47 | Iceland     |     66324 |     70450 |
|   48 | Indonesia   |   5066538 |   1804556 |
|   49 | Iran        |  13568685 |  10729981 |
|   50 | Iraq        |  22382496 |   5183482 |
|   51 | Ireland     |   4538829 |    461461 |
|   52 | Israel      |   4236559 |   2229452 |
|   53 | Italy       |  29760912 | 107053648 |
|   54 | Jamaica     |    389751 |    217394 |
|   55 | Japan       |  23828199 |  42498030 |
|   56 | Jordan      |   2135038 |   1672063 |
|   57 | Kazakhstan  |   1202757 |   8225590 |
|   58 | Kenya       |  32800515 |   1214362 |
|   59 | Kuwait      |  95892151 |  59801022 |
|   60 | Kyrgystan   |    795317 |    248270 |
|   61 | Laos        |    251319 |     84273 |
|   62 | Lebanon     |   1285868 |   3954559 |
|   63 | Liberia     |         0 |         0 |
|   64 | Libya       |     68373 |     16317 |
|   65 | Madagascar  |    388617 |         0 |
|   66 | Malawi      |   1345778 |    120964 |
|   67 | Malaysia    | 158839208 | 305266440 |
|   68 | Maldives    |   1301168 |   6447017 |
|   69 | Mali        |    319722 |     26468 |
|   70 | Malta       |   4205782 |    563237 |
|   71 | Mauritius   |   1542982 |    790103 |
|   72 | Mexico      |    789633 |    638679 |
|   73 | Mongolia    |    100280 |    155805 |
|   74 | Morocco     |    899028 |   1147688 |
|   75 | Mozambique  |   1497433 |    812748 |
|   76 | Myanmar     |    492689 |   3680986 |
|   77 | Namibia     |    149938 |    360624 |
|   78 | Nepal       |  13266751 |  10622950 |
|   79 | Netherlands |   8015855 |  40780678 |
|   80 | New Zealand |  21260275 |  20864906 |
|   81 | Niger       |    192539 |     43677 |
|   82 | Nigeria     |  60921499 |   8240072 |
|   83 | North Korea |      2314 |         0 |
|   84 | Norway      |   2175566 |    697899 |
|   85 | Oman        |  56750508 |  96273816 |

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| 86         | Pakistan             |   2545939 |   1484418 |
|------------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 87         | Palestine            |     41212 |      3226 |
| 88         | Panama               |    738334 |     76682 |
| 89         | Papua New Guinea     |    218788 |     21954 |
| 90         | Peru                 |    219970 |    297016 |
| 91         | Philippines          |   7186858 |  10876592 |
| 92         | Poland               |   2786912 |   3066274 |
| 93         | Portugal             |   5869381 |   3580321 |
| 94         | Qatar                |  56419756 |  35243251 |
| 95         | Romania              |   1911340 |   6383485 |
| 96         | Russia               |  28128834 |   6822680 |
| 97         | Rwanda               |    260034 |         0 |
| 98         | Sao Tome & Principie |        89 |       599 |
| 99         | Saudi Arabia         | 164427525 | 130329286 |
| 100        | Senegal              |    882816 |      9268 |
| 101        | Serbia               |    209714 |    259654 |
| 102        | Seychelles           |    731930 |     73317 |
| 103        | Sierra leone         |     10356 |         0 |
| 104        | Singapore            |  38086180 |  40070258 |
| 105        | Slovakia             |    402736 |     46815 |
| 106        | Slovenia             |    193558 |         0 |
| 107        | South Africa         |  10018123 |   2944850 |
| 108        | South Korea          |   9480625 |   4954849 |
| 109        | South Sudan          |    241913 |    198532 |
| 110        | Spain                |  14168449 |  36053605 |
| 111        | Sri Lanka            |  54053347 |  12212959 |
| 112        | Sudan                |  13582716 |   4454858 |
| 113        | Suriname             |    194984 |    108582 |
| 114        | Swaziland            |     43992 |     14898 |
| 115        | Sweden               |   4925871 |   5336505 |
| 116        | Switzerland          |  39034602 |   6691672 |
| 117        | Syria                |    727536 |    537588 |
| 118        | Taiwan               |   2852885 |    502981 |
| 119        | Tajikistan           |    521865 |    330092 |
| 120        | Tanzania             |  30270645 |   1712901 |
| 121        | Thailand             |  10916570 |   2545289 |
| 122        | Togo                 |    159223 |         0 |
| 123        | Trinidad & Tobago    |    474151 |   1134217 |
| 124        | Tunisia              |    474671 |     49397 |
| 125        | Turkey               |   4975456 |   1476885 |
| 126        | Turkmenistan         |   3250776 |         0 |
| 127        | UAE                  | 234569081 | 188398536 |
| 128        | Uganda               |   3830773 |    750339 |
| 129        | Ukraine              |   1705718 |    196522 |
| 130 United | Kingdom              | 105117179 | 153856985 |

| 131   | United States of America   |   600289814 |   759695093 |
|-------|----------------------------|-------------|-------------|
| 132   | Uzbekhistan                |     2929491 |     1157012 |
| 133   | Venezuela                  |      396799 |           0 |
| 134   | Vietnam                    |     4316035 |     3717494 |
| 135   | Yemen                      |     1004024 |       12257 |
| 136   | Zambia                     |     2894284 |     1128235 |
| 137   | Zimbabwe                   |      449989 |           0 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL                      |  2445973155 |  2458300759 |

ANNEXURE-B The State-wise list of Indian citizens brought back during the RussiaUkraine war

| S. No.   | State Name               |   Number |
|----------|--------------------------|----------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar        |        4 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           |      682 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        |        1 |
| 4        | Assam                    |      153 |
| 5        | Bihar                    |     1003 |
| 6        | Chandigarh               |       52 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh             |      210 |
| 8        | Dadar & Nagar Haveli     |        5 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu              |        5 |
| 10       | Delhi                    |      681 |
| 11       | Goa                      |       18 |
| 12       | Gujarat                  |     1020 |
| 13       | Haryana                  |     1436 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh         |      289 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir          |      128 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                |      158 |
| 17       | Karnataka                |      615 |
| 18       | Kerala                   |     3343 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep              |        4 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh           |      421 |
| 21       | Maharashtra              |     1025 |
| 22       | Manipur                  |       23 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                |       40 |
| 24       | Mizoram                  |        1 |
| 25       | Nagaland                 |        4 |
| 26       | Odisha                   |      397 |
| 27       | Puducherry               |       28 |
| 28       | Punjab                   |      609 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                |      934 |
| 30       | Sikkim                   |       26 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu               |     1479 |
| 32       | Telangana                |      667 |
| 33       | Tripura                  |       32 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh            |     1917 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand              |      257 |
| 36       | West Bengal              |      343 |
| 37       | State Name not available |      272 |
| Total    | Total                    |    18282 |

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