Lok Sabha Question No. 779 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Indian Immigrants
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: A. Chellakumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 779 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2022

## INDIAN IMMIGRANTS

## 779.  DR. A. CHELLAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)whether the Government  collaborated  with any international institutions  to  ensure  social  and  financial  security  of  Indian immigrants during the COVID-19 crisis;
- (b)if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)whether  any  labour  disputes  of  Indian  migrant  workers  remain unresolved in the Indian Embassies in other countries; and
- (d)if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  and  country-wise  from  2010 till now and the reasons for pendency?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) & (b): During  the  pandemic,  it  was  Government's  priority  that pandemic's impact on Indian workers in terms of loss of employment was mitigated. To that end, Government through their Missions in the Gulf  was  continuously  engaged  with  the  Government  of  the  Gulf nations to maintain the workers, ensure their welfare and facilitate financial payments due to them. Government of India facilitated the safe  repatriation  of  citizens  stranded  abroad  to  India  during  the COVID-19 pandemic time through the Vande Bharat Missions (VBM).

In addition, the Labour and Manpower Cooperation MOUs/Agreements signed by the government safeguard the specific interest of domestic workers in many countries. Such documents are signed with the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and  United Arab Emirates) and Jordan. The  Government  has  also  signed  separate  MOUs/Agreements  on domestic workers with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Further, a Labour Mobility  Partnership  Agreement  for  cooperation  in  manpower  was signed with Denmark in September 2009. The Migration and Mobility MOUs/ Agreements are also in place with France and the UK which

were signed in March 2018 and May 2021 respectively. They provide the overarching framework for cooperation on migration and mobility related issues.

The  Indian  Missions/Posts  abroad  also  utilise  the  Indian Community Welfare  Fund  (ICWF)  to  provide  assistance  to  overseas Indian citizens and their dependents in times of distress including in the  process  of  settlement  of  death  cases  and  transportation  of mortal remains to India.

(c) & (d): Yes  Sir,  Some  labour  disputes  of  Indian  workers  remain unresolved. Details of labour related grievances registered by Pravasi  Bharatiya  Shayata  Kendra  (PBSK)  on  eMigrate  and  MADAD portal  are  available  only  from  2015.  State  wise  and  country  wise details from 2015 till November 2022 are attached at Annexure. Many of these grievances are pending due to ongoing legal proceedings in respective countries.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha un-starred question for 12.12.2022.

## Complaints registered by PBSK on eMigrate and MADAD from 2015 to 2022 (Till Nov)

1. Year wise complaints registered by PBSK.
2. State Wise Complaints Received & Registered.
3. Country Wise Complaints registered by PBSK

| Years       |   eMigrate |   MADAD |   Grand Total |
|-------------|------------|---------|---------------|
| 2015        |        627 |     405 |          1032 |
| 2016        |       1170 |     450 |          1620 |
| 2017        |        917 |     411 |          1328 |
| 2018        |       1479 |     753 |          2232 |
| 2019        |       1459 |    1032 |          2491 |
| 2020        |       2259 |     753 |          3012 |
| 2021        |       1633 |     747 |          2380 |
| 2022        |       1358 |     800 |          2158 |
| Grand Total |      10902 |    5351 |         16253 |

| State             |   eMigrate |   MADAD |   Grand Total |
|-------------------|------------|---------|---------------|
| Uttar Pradesh     |       3182 |     956 |          4138 |
| Tamil Nadu        |       1611 |    2297 |          3908 |
| Bihar             |        865 |     295 |          1160 |
| Maharashtra       |        890 |     189 |          1079 |
| Kerala            |        762 |     172 |           934 |
| West Bengal       |        601 |     142 |           743 |
| Telangana         |        389 |     268 |           657 |
| Rajasthan         |        477 |     153 |           630 |
| Punjab            |        421 |     177 |           598 |
| Andhra Pradesh    |        360 |     175 |           535 |
| Delhi             |        285 |      87 |           372 |
| Karnataka         |        160 |      70 |           230 |
| Haryana           |        120 |      66 |           186 |
| Gujarat           |        107 |      71 |           178 |
| Odisha            |        125 |      44 |           169 |
| Uttarakhand       |        102 |      39 |           141 |
| Jharkhand         |         99 |      35 |           134 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |         55 |      38 |            93 |
| Jammu &Kashmir    |         71 |      10 |            81 |
| Chandigarh        |         66 |       6 |            72 |
| Assam             |         58 |       6 |            64 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |         44 |      20 |            64 |
| Chhattisgarh      |         11 |       9 |            20 |
| Pondicherry       |         12 |       8 |            20 |
| Goa               |         10 |       7 |            17 |
| Tripura           |         12 |       1 |            13 |
| Sikkim            |          2 |       4 |             6 |
| Andaman &Nicobar  |          2 |       2 |             4 |
| Meghalaya         |          1 |       2 |             3 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |          1 |       1 |             2 |
| Manipur           |          1 |       0 |             1 |
| Nagaland          |          0 |       1 |             1 |
| Grand Total       |      10902 |    5351 |         16253 |

| Row Labels   | eMigrate   | MADAD   | Grand Total   |
|--------------|------------|---------|---------------|
| KSA          | 5356       | 1661    | 7017          |
| UAE          | 1130       | 890     | 2020          |
| Kuwait       | 1202       | 361     | 1563          |
| Malaysia     | 464        | 835     | 1299          |
| Qatar        | 765        | 199     | 964           |
| Oman         | 435        | 466     | 901           |
| Canada       | 381        | 34      | 415           |
| Bahrain      | 125        | 91      | 216           |
| Singapore    | 137        | 66      | 203           |
| USA          | 43         | 50      | 93            |
| Australia    | 65         | 18      | 83            |
| India        | 78         | 0       | 78            |
| Russia       | 61         | 17      | 78            |
| Iraq         | 29         | 38      | 67            |
| UK           | 39         | 22      | 61            |
| Malta        | 57         | 2       | 59            |
| Nigeria      | 15         | 43      | 58            |
| Maldives     | 15         | 34      | 49            |
| Iran         | 5          | 33      | 38            |
| Thailand     | 14         | 23      | 37            |
| Germany      | 21         | 10      | 31            |
| Poland       | 26         | 4       | 30            |
| Jordan       | 15         | 13      | 28            |
| Lithuania    | 27         | 1       | 28            |
| China        | 12         | 15      | 27            |
| Libya        | 10         | 17      | 27            |
| Netherlands  | 23         | 3       | 26            |
| Slovakia     | 25         | 0       | 25            |
| South Africa | 10         | 14      | 24            |
| New Zealand  | 18         | 5       | 23            |
| Portugal     | 19         | 4       | 23            |
| Romania      | 17         | 6       | 23            |
| Sri Lanka    | 7          | 16      | 23            |
| Angola       | 4          | 18      | 22            |
| Cambodia     | 9          | 12      | 21            |
| Ethiopia     | 1          | 20      | 21            |
| Italy        | 9          | 11      | 20            |
| Tanzania     | 9          | 11      | 20            |
| Lebanon      | 9          | 10      | 19            |
| Denmark      | 17         | 1       | 18            |
| Brunei       | 10         | 6       | 16            |
| Indonesia    | 3          | 13      | 16            |
| Kenya        | 10         | 6       | 16            |
| Sudan        | 3          | 13      | 16            |
| Israel       | 15         | 0       | 15            |
| Serbia       | 14         | 1       | 15            |
| Philippines  | 1          | 13      | 14            |
| Uzbekistan   | 9          | 5       | 14            |
| Congo Egypt  | 1 5        | 12 8    | 13 13         |
|              | 6          | 6       | 12            |
| Cyprus       |            |         |               |

| Mauritius    | 9   | 3   | 12   |
|--------------|-----|-----|------|
| Mozambique   | 2   | 10  | 12   |
| Myanmar      | 2   | 10  | 12   |
| Azerbaijan   | 9   | 2   | 11   |
| Belgium      | 9   | 2   | 11   |
| Japan        | 10  | 1   | 11   |
| Seychelles   | 3   | 7   | 10   |
| Uganda       | 1   | 9   | 10   |
| Ireland      | 8   | 1   | 9    |
| Nepal        | 0   | 9   | 9    |
| Bangladesh   | 0   | 8   | 8    |
| Croatia      | 6   | 2   | 8    |
| France       | 6   | 2   | 8    |
| Vietnam      | 2   | 6   | 8    |
| Algeria      | 4   | 3   | 7    |
| Ghana        | 0   | 7   | 7    |
| Spain        | 3   | 4   | 7    |
| Ukraine      | 4   | 3   | 7    |
| Afghanistan  | 2   | 4   | 6    |
| Cameroon     | 1   | 5   | 6    |
| Zambia       | 1   | 5   | 6    |
| Armenia      | 4   | 1   | 5    |
| Brazil       | 3   | 2   | 5    |
| Georgia      | 2   | 3   | 5    |
| Liberia      | 1   | 4   | 5    |
| Sierra Leone | 0   | 5   | 5    |
| Yemen        | 0   | 5   | 5    |
| CoteD'Ivoire | 0   | 4   | 4    |
| Guyana       | 2   | 2   | 4    |
| IvoryCoast   | 0   | 4   | 4    |
| Fiji         | 2   | 1   | 3    |
| Greece       | 1   | 2   | 3    |
| Jamaica      | 2   | 1   | 3    |
| Kazakhstan   | 2   | 1   | 3    |
| Madagascar   | 2   | 1   | 3    |
| Mexico       | 0   | 3   | 3    |
| Norway       | 3   | 0   | 3    |
| Senegal      | 1   | 2   | 3    |
| Somalia      | 0   | 3   | 3    |
| South Korea  | 0   | 3   | 3    |
| South Sudan  | 0   | 3   | 3    |
| Suriname     | 0   | 3   | 3    |
| Sweden       | 0   | 3   | 3    |
| Turkey       | 0   | 3   | 3    |
| Abidjan      | 0   | 2   | 2    |
| Finland      | 2   | 0   | 2    |
| Hungary      | 2   | 0   | 2    |
| Kyrgyzstan   | 1   | 1   | 2    |
| Laos Latvia  | 0 0 | 2 2 | 2 2  |
|              | 0   | 2   | 2    |
| Pakistan     |     |     |      |

| Papua New Guinea            |     0 |    2 |     2 |
|-----------------------------|-------|------|-------|
| Rwanda                      |     1 |    1 |     2 |
| West Africa                 |     0 |    2 |     2 |
| Albania                     |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Austria                     |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Belize                      |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Bhutan                      |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Bolivia                     |     1 |    0 |     1 |
| Burundi                     |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Cayman Islands              |     1 |    0 |     1 |
| Central Africa              |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Cambodia                    |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Czech Republic              |     1 |    0 |     1 |
| Dusbane                     |     1 |    0 |     1 |
| Equatorial Guinea           |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Eritrea                     |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Guatemala                   |     1 |    0 |     1 |
| Nairobi                     |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Niger                       |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Republic Of Congo           |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Reunion Island              |     1 |    0 |     1 |
| Saint Christopher And Nevis |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| South America               |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Switzerland                 |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Taiwan                      |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Tajikistan                  |     1 |    0 |     1 |
| TheBahamas (Jamaica)        |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Uruguay                     |     1 |    0 |     1 |
| Venezuela                   |     0 |    1 |     1 |
| Grand Total                 | 10902 | 5351 | 16253 |

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