Lok Sabha Question No. 1675 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Vande Bharat Mission
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Nitesh Ganga Deb

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1675 (To be answered on the February 2021) I1th

## VANDE BHARAT MISSION

1675.

SHRI NITESH GANGA DEB

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Government has launched its repatriation drive; Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) during global corona pandemic period;
- (c) whether the Government has evacuated Indians from gther countries specially USA, Canada, Europe; Australia and Middle East under VBM during the corona period and if sO, the details thereof; country-wise?
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) to (c): The Government of India has undertaken the Vande Bharat Mission which is aimed at repatriation of stranded and distressed Indian nationals in various parts of the world due to the COVID-L9 pandemic: As per information provided by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA); till 31.12.2020 , a total of more than 14,50d inbound flights have brought passengers to India. Name of countries from where evacuation has taken place till 31.12.2020 along with number of passengers is available in Annexure-A.

## Annexure for the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no.1675 ANNEXURE-A

## COUNTRY WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.12.2020

|   Sl No | COUNTRY     | NO. OF REPATRIATED INDIANS   |
|---------|-------------|------------------------------|
|       1 | AFGHANISTAN | 11654                        |
|       2 | ALGERIA     | 1338                         |
|       3 | ANGOLA      | 770                          |
|       4 | ARMENIA     | 720                          |
|       5 | AUSTRALIA   | 12132                        |
|       6 | AZERBAIJAN  | 186                          |
|       7 | BAHRAIN     | 51050                        |
|       8 | BANGLADESH  | 19947                        |
|       9 | BARBADOS    | 115                          |
|      10 | BELARUS     | 232                          |
|      11 | BELGIUM     | 287                          |
|      12 | BHUTAN      | 1641                         |
|      13 | BRAZIL      | 510                          |
|      14 | BRUNEI      | 408                          |
|      15 | BULGARIA    | 698                          |
|      16 | CAMBODIA    | 596                          |
|      17 | CANADA      | 50479                        |
|      18 | CHINA       | 1257                         |
|      19 | CROATIA     | 3                            |
|      20 | DENMARK     | 52                           |
|      21 | DJIBOUTI    | 326                          |
|      22 | EGYPT       | 1890                         |
|      23 | ESTONIA     |                              |
|      24 | ETHIOPIA    | 9765                         |
|      25 | FIJI        | 5                            |
|      26 | FINLAND     | 223                          |
|      27 | FRANCE      | 49005                        |
|      28 | GEORGIA     | 2043                         |
|      29 | GERMANY     | 58452                        |
|      30 | GHANA       | 302                          |
|      31 | GREECE      | 163                          |
|      32 | HONG KONG   | 1961                         |
|      33 | HUNGARY     | 3                            |
|      34 | INDONESIA   | 3728                         |
|      35 | IRAN        | 5071                         |

|   No | COUNTRY     |   NO:OF REPATRIATED INDIANS |
|------|-------------|-----------------------------|
|   36 | IRAQ        |                       11183 |
|   37 | IRELAND     |                         485 |
|   38 | ISRAEL      |                         874 |
|   39 | ITALY       |                        7370 |
|   40 | JAPAN       |                        7459 |
|   41 | JORDAN      |                         837 |
|   42 | KAZAKHSTAN  |                        3686 |
|   43 | KENYA       |                        6573 |
|   44 | KUWAIT      |                      152152 |
|   45 | KYRGYZSTAN  |                       11297 |
|   46 | LAOS        |                         427 |
|   47 | LATVIA      |                           5 |
|   48 | LEBANON     |                         893 |
|   49 | MADAGASCAR  |                          84 |
|   50 | MALAYSIA    |                       28234 |
|   51 | MALDIVES    |                       40417 |
|   52 | MALI        |                         237 |
|   53 | MALTA       |                         256 |
|   54 | MAURITIUS   |                        1446 |
|   55 | MEXICO      |                         228 |
|   56 | MOLDOVA     |                         243 |
|   57 | MONGOLIA    |                          34 |
|   58 | MOROCCO     |                           2 |
|   59 | MYANMAR     |                        1459 |
|   60 | NEPAL       |                        2029 |
|   61 | NETHERLANDS |                       15117 |
|   62 | NEW ZEALAND |                        1897 |
|   63 | NIGERIA     |                        5965 |
|   64 | NORWAY      |                         267 |
|   65 | OMAN        |                      187224 |
|   66 | PAKISTAN    |                         683 |
|   67 | PHILIPPINES |                        8473 |
|   68 | POLAND      |                         342 |
|   69 | PORTUGAL    |                          54 |
|   70 | QATAR       |                      199819 |

| No   | COUNTRY      | NO. OF REPATRIATED INDIANS   |
|------|--------------|------------------------------|
| 71   | ROMANIA      | 8                            |
| 72   | RUSSIA       | 10555                        |
| 73   | RWANDA       | 676                          |
| 74   | SAUDL ARABIA | 322311                       |
| 75   | SCOTLAND     | 35                           |
| 76   | SEYCHELLES   | 1995                         |
| 77   | SINGAPORE    | 56039                        |
| 78   | SQUTH AFRICA | 1161                         |
| 79   | SQUTH KOREA  | 3136                         |
| 80   | SPAIN        | 1117                         |
| 81   | SRI LANKA    | 15390                        |
| 82   | SUDAN        | 125                          |
| 83   | SWEDEN       |                              |
| 84   | SWITZERLAND  | 1270                         |
| 85   | SYRIA        | 27                           |
|      |              | 12                           |
| 86   | TAIWAN       | 108                          |
| 87   | TAJIKISTAN   | 1884                         |

|   Sl No | COUNTRY                  |   NO. OF REPATRIATED INDIANS |
|---------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|      88 | TANZANIA                 |                         4454 |
|      89 | THAILAND                 |                         4393 |
|      90 | TUNISIA                  |                           25 |
|      91 | TURKEY                   |                         2153 |
|      92 | TURKMENISTAN             |                          105 |
|      93 | UNITED ARAB EMRATES      |                      1352011 |
|      94 | UNITED KINGDOM           |                       143088 |
|      95 | UKRAINE                  |                         8622 |
|      96 | UNITED STATES QF AMERICA |                       218859 |
|      97 | UZBEKISTAN               |                         1699 |
|      98 | VIETNAM                  |                         1387 |
|      99 | YEMEN                    |                          184 |
|     100 | ZIMBABWE                 |                            5 |
|     101 | QTHERS                   |                         9891 |