Lok Sabha Question No. 3346 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-17
Subject: Assistance to Indian Citizens
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3346

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2021

## ASSISTANCE TO INDIAN CITIZENS

## 3346. ADV. A.M. ARIFF:

Will the Minister of External Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps for assisting Indian citizens found in distress abroad from the Indian Community Welfare Fund since the spread of COVID-19 pandemic from January 2020 to till date and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the   expenditure   out   of   the   said   fund   on   boarding   and   lodging, emergency medical care, legal assistance, payment of small fines, air passage and transportation of mortal remains from January 2020 to till date, country-wise and item-wise; and
- (c) the balance amount in the Indian Community Welfare Fund as on date, country-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) & (b) Since the spread of COVID-19 pandemic till October, 2021, Government of India has spent approximately Rs. 44 crores from the Indian Community Welfare Fund. The country-wise and item-wise details may please be seen in Annexure -I to V.

- (c) As on September, 2021, Indian Community Welfare Fund has an available amount of approximately Rs. 474 crores.

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Annexure - I Country Wise Expenditure on Boarding and Lodging Since the spread of COVID-19 till October 2021

|   S.No | Country                          | Expenditure      |
|--------|----------------------------------|------------------|
|      1 | AZERBAIJAN                       | ₹ 1,14,357.00    |
|      2 | KAZAKHSTAN                       | ₹ 79,58,421.00   |
|      3 | KYRGYZSTAN                       | ₹ 78,864.00      |
|      4 | ARGENTINA                        | ₹ 22,316.28      |
|      5 | ARMENIA                          | ₹ 19,313.00      |
|      6 | AUSTRALIA                        | ₹ 25,12,266.00   |
|      7 | AUSTRIA                          | ₹ 69,090.00      |
|      8 | BAHRAIN                          | ₹ 2,04,995.00    |
|      9 | BANGLADESH                       | ₹ 87,854.00      |
|     10 | BULGARIA                         | ₹ 18,561.00      |
|     11 | CAMBODIA                         | ₹ 9,54,624.00    |
|     12 | CHILE                            | ₹ 1,92,282.00    |
|     13 | COLOMBIA                         | ₹ 5,68,780.00    |
|     14 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE                    | ₹ 6,93,651.89    |
|     15 | CUBA                             | ₹ 7,95,546.00    |
|     16 | CZECH REPUBLIC                   | ₹ 4,07,377.00    |
|     17 | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO | ₹ 49,868.00      |
|     18 | DJIBOUTI                         | ₹ 4,212.00       |
|     19 | ETHIOPIA                         | ₹ 1,28,624.00    |
|     20 | FIJI                             | ₹ 1,00,403.00    |
|     21 | FRANCE                           | ₹ 15,88,051.00   |
|     22 | GERMANY                          | ₹ 5,23,383.00    |
|     23 | GREECE                           | ₹ 2,18,053.60    |
|     24 | GUYANA                           | ₹ 46,553.00      |
|     25 | HUNGARY                          | ₹ 74,849.00      |
|     26 | ICELAND                          | ₹ 70,449.00      |
|     27 | INDONESIA                        | ₹ 35,878.47      |
|     28 | IRAN                             | ₹ 49,54,768.00   |
|     29 | IRAQ                             | ₹ 77,534.00      |
|     30 | IRAQI KURDISTAN                  | ₹ 1,44,260.00    |
|     31 | ITALY                            | ₹ 2,94,343.00    |
|     32 | JAMAICA                          | ₹ 12,502.40      |
|     33 | JAPAN                            | ₹ 5,65,198.00    |
|     34 | KUWAIT                           | ₹ 54,04,795.00   |
|     35 | LAOS                             | ₹ 87,748.00      |
|     36 | LEBANON                          | ₹ 12,76,772.00   |
|     37 | MALAWI                           | ₹ 1,14,005.00    |
|     38 | MALAYSIA                         | ₹ 1,13,92,160.44 |
|     39 | MALDIVES                         | ₹ 16,17,355.00   |
|     40 | MALI                             | ₹ 87,476.34      |

| 41   | MALTA               | ₹ 1,83,129.00     |
|------|---------------------|-------------------|
| 42   | MAURITIUS           | ₹ 3,38,624.00     |
| 43   | MOROCOO             | ₹ 31,943.53       |
| 44   | MYANMAR             | ₹ 8,03,170.31     |
| 45   | NEPAL               | ₹ 3,22,346.02     |
| 46   | NETHERLANDS         | ₹ 1,95,02,108.00  |
| 47   | NEW ZEALAND         | ₹ 52,75,614.00    |
| 48   | NIGERIA             | ₹ 20,45,836.00    |
| 49   | NORWAY              | ₹ 2,66,913.00     |
| 50   | OMAN                | ₹ 2,58,81,033.00  |
| 51   | PERU                | ₹ 93,705.00       |
| 52   | POLAND              | ₹ 2,01,134.00     |
| 53   | PORTUGAL            | ₹ 3,17,820.00     |
| 54   | QATAR               | ₹ 1,38,11,319.49  |
| 55   | ROMANIA             | ₹ 19,12,240.00    |
| 56   | RUSSIA              | ₹ 8,99,010.94     |
| 57   | SAUDI ARABIA        | ₹ 7,64,823.28     |
| 58   | SENEGAL             | ₹ 10,790.00       |
| 59   | SERBIA              | ₹ 1,49,800.00     |
| 60   | SINGAPORE           | ₹ 35,31,031.00    |
| 61   | SOUTH AFRICA        | ₹ 3,73,588.00     |
| 62   | SOUTH KOREA         | ₹ 91,696.00       |
| 63   | SRI LANKA           | ₹ 9,19,719.63     |
| 64   | SUDAN               | ₹ 58,115.00       |
| 65   | SWEDEN              | ₹ 7,12,908.00     |
| 66   | SWITZERLAND         | ₹ 27,94,705.00    |
| 67   | TANZANIA            | ₹ 83,845.00       |
| 68   | THAILAND            | ₹ 12,11,846.00    |
| 69   | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | ₹ 10,11,216.00    |
| 70   | TURKEY              | ₹ 11,39,917.60    |
| 71   | UAE                 | ₹ 85,90,120.00    |
| 72   | USA                 | ₹ 11,83,000.50    |
| 73   | UZBEKISTAN          | ₹ 1,11,188.00     |
| 74   | VIETNAM             | ₹ 1,63,848.50     |
|      | TOTAL               | ₹ 13,83,55,643.22 |

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## Annexure -II

## Country Wise Expenditure on Air Passage Since the spread of COVID-19 till October 2021

|   S.no | Country     | Expenditure      |
|--------|-------------|------------------|
|      1 | UAE         | ₹ 31,84,757.00   |
|      2 | AUSTRIA     | ₹ 41,241.00      |
|      3 | BAHRAIN     | ₹ 6,46,014.75    |
|      4 | BANGLADESH  | ₹ 2,637.00       |
|      5 | BOTSWANA    | ₹ 51,373.00      |
|      6 | CANADA      | ₹ 36,372.00      |
|      7 | CHINA       | ₹ 44,576.00      |
|      8 | COLOMBIA    | ₹ 2,60,883.00    |
|      9 | ETHIOPIA    | ₹ 1,20,806.00    |
|     10 | GERMANY     | ₹ 39,150.00      |
|     11 | GHANA       | ₹ 55,747.00      |
|     12 | GREECE      | ₹ 58,609.00      |
|     13 | GUYANA      | ₹ 81,321.00      |
|     14 | INDONESIA   | ₹ 1,50,112.00    |
|     15 | IRAN        | ₹ 28,64,740.00   |
|     16 | IRAQ        | ₹ 4,09,775.00    |
|     17 | ITALY       | ₹ 69,071.78      |
|     18 | JAPAN       | ₹ 1,09,492.00    |
|     19 | KUWAIT      | ₹ 3,50,55,547.81 |
|     20 | MALAYSIA    | ₹ 7,83,498.89    |
|     21 | MALI        | ₹ 3,59,785.00    |
|     22 | MAURITIUS   | ₹ 63,289.00      |
|     23 | MYANMAR     | ₹ 1,15,911.60    |
|     24 | NAMIBIA     | ₹ 1,53,932.00    |
|     25 | NETHERLANDS | ₹ 7,46,559.00    |
|     26 | NIGERIA     | ₹ 3,17,940.00    |
|     27 | NORWAY      | ₹ 60,314.68      |
|     28 | OMAN        | ₹ 51,72,426.00   |
|     29 | PHILIPPINES | ₹ 1,08,010.64    |
|     30 | QATAR       | ₹ 14,01,690.18   |
|     31 | ROMANIA     | ₹ 16,77,229.00   |

| 32   | RUSSIA       | ₹ 23,996.62      |
|------|--------------|------------------|
| 33   | SAUDI ARABIA | ₹ 26,04,322.09   |
| 34   | SERBIA       | ₹ 47,474.00      |
| 35   | SOUTH AFRICA | ₹ 3,68,717.00    |
| 36   | SRI LANKA    | ₹ 18,32,269.00   |
| 37   | SUDAN        | ₹ 2,20,467.00    |
| 38   | TANZANIA     | ₹ 66,148.00      |
| 39   | TUNISIA      | ₹ 44,687.15      |
| 40   | UAE          | ₹ 82,08,310.00   |
| 41   | UGANDA       | ₹ 3,93,858.00    |
| 42   | UK           | ₹ 1,70,795.00    |
| 43   | USA          | ₹ 9,21,190.00    |
| 44   | VIETNAM      | ₹ 3,40,638.98    |
|      | TOTAL        | ₹ 6,94,85,684.17 |

## Country Wise Expenditure on Emergency Medical Care Since the spread of COVID-19 till October 2021

| S.No   | Country       | Expenditure      |
|--------|---------------|------------------|
| 1      | ARMENIA       | ₹ 91,235.00      |
| 2      | AUSTRALIA     | ₹ 9,39,408.00    |
| 3      | CAMBODIA      | ₹ 14,02,937.02   |
| 4      | Côte d'Ivoire | ₹ 1,84,401.75    |
| 5      | CUBA          | ₹ 39,236.48      |
| 6      | FRANCE        | ₹ 1,56,600.00    |
| 7      | GERMANY       | ₹ 3,95,752.14    |
| 8      | GHANA         | ₹ 53,680.00      |
| 9      | GUYANA        | ₹ 12,682.00      |
| 10     | IRAQ          | ₹ 46,449.00      |
| 11     | KENYA         | ₹ 404.00         |
| 12     | KUWAIT        | ₹ 6,64,022.27    |
| 13     | MALAYSIA      | ₹ 1,46,706.12    |
| 14     | MAURITIUS     | ₹ 23,967.00      |
| 15     | NAMIBIA       | ₹ 15,088.00      |
| 16     | NETHERLANDS   | ₹ 1,15,595.00    |
| 17     | NEW ZEALAND   | ₹ 7,32,342.00    |
| 18     | NIGERIA       | ₹ 1,46,096.00    |
| 19     | OMAN          | ₹ 70,41,894.00   |
| 20     | PANAMA        | ₹ 39,555.00      |
| 21     | PHILIPPINES   | ₹ 4,500.00       |
| 22     | POLAND        | ₹ 6,83,068.00    |
| 23     | QATAR         | ₹ 7,84,571.11    |
| 24     | RUSSIA        | ₹ 11,010.43      |
| 25     | SAUDI ARABIA  | ₹ 61,61,680.72   |
| 26     | SINGAPORE     | ₹ 3,73,500.00    |
| 27     | SOUTH KOREA   | ₹ 15,922.00      |
| 28     | SRI LANKA     | ₹ 4,31,297.40    |
| 29     | TANZANIA      | ₹ 3,18,930.43    |
| 30     | TURKEY        | ₹ 29,681.40      |
| 31     | UAE           | ₹ 18,58,653.00   |
| 32     | VIETNAM       | ₹ 43,189.81      |
|        | Total         | ₹ 2,29,64,055.08 |

Annexure - IV Country Wise Expenditure on Miscellaneous

## Since the spread of COVID-19 till October 2021

|   S.no | Country        | Expenditure    |
|--------|----------------|----------------|
|      1 | Afghanistan    | ₹ 3,846.00     |
|      2 | Algiera        | ₹ 15,226.00    |
|      3 | Australia      | ₹ 13,13,013.00 |
|      4 | Bahrain        | ₹ 26,00,638.50 |
|      5 | Bangladesh     | ₹ 27,438.00    |
|      6 | Botswana       | ₹ 45,692.00    |
|      7 | Bulgaria       | ₹ 77,745.00    |
|      8 | Canada         | ₹ 7,68,914.00  |
|      9 | Chile          | ₹ 2,42,275.00  |
|     10 | China          | ₹ 1,97,650.56  |
|     11 | Cote de ivore  | ₹ 2,79,130.47  |
|     12 | Czech republic | ₹ 28,985.00    |
|     13 | Egypt          | ₹ 2,25,048.00  |
|     14 | Ethiopia       | ₹ 32,031.00    |
|     15 | France         | ₹ 5,84,329.97  |
|     16 | Germany        | ₹ 1,55,561.00  |
|     17 | Ghana          | ₹ 2,38,046.00  |
|     18 | Greece         | ₹ 5,39,760.44  |
|     19 | Guyana         | ₹ 7,008.00     |
|     20 | Indonesia      | ₹ 4,831.00     |
|     21 | Iraq           | ₹ 0.00         |
|     22 | Ireland        | ₹ 88,740.00    |
|     23 | Israel         | ₹ 7,96,664.00  |
|     24 | Italy          | ₹ 7,08,557.00  |
|     25 | Jordan         | ₹ 7,02,291.00  |
|     26 | Kenya          | ₹ 79,684.00    |
|     27 | Kuwait         | ₹ 3,16,582.21  |
|     28 | Kyrgysztan     | ₹ 66,276.00    |
|     29 | Laos           | ₹ 22,674.00    |
|     30 | Malaysia       | ₹ 5,22,540.00  |
|     31 | Maldives       | ₹ 1,71,231.00  |
|     32 | Malta          | ₹ 1,78,398.00  |
|     33 | Myanmar        | ₹ 2,36,284.72  |
|     34 | Nepal          | ₹ 95,63,722.50 |
|     35 | Nigeria        | ₹ 8,06,059.00  |

| 36   | Oman         | ₹ 41,97,556.00   |
|------|--------------|------------------|
| 37   | Panama       | ₹ 37,127.34      |
| 38   | Philippines  | ₹ 10,08,042.36   |
| 39   | Qatar        | ₹ 1,75,244.00    |
| 40   | Russia       | ₹ 79,656.12      |
| 41   | Saudi Arabia | ₹ 62,39,706.60   |
| 42   | Serbia       | ₹ 13,809.00      |
| 43   | Singapore    | ₹ 3,68,877.00    |
| 44   | Korea        | ₹ 1,97,616.30    |
| 45   | Spain        | ₹ 17,10,895.00   |
| 46   | Sri Lanka    | ₹ 8,64,132.55    |
| 47   | Sweden       | ₹ 1,86,005.00    |
| 48   | Tanzania     | ₹ 25,442.00      |
| 49   | Thailand     | ₹ 33,453.00      |
| 50   | Mauritius    | ₹ 24,176.00      |
| 51   | Tunisia      | ₹ 1,352.00       |
| 52   | UAE          | ₹ 1,25,04,775.00 |
| 53   | USA          | ₹ 24,65,079.00   |
| 54   | Vietnam      | ₹ 1,89,351.38    |
| 55   | Tajikistan   | ₹ 37,265.53      |
| 56   | Poland       | ₹ 20,155.00      |
| 57   | New Zealand  | ₹ 27,18,365.00   |
| 58   | Fiji         | ₹ 59,907.00      |
| 59   | Brunei       | ₹ 4,44,873.00    |
|      | TOTAL        | ₹ 5,52,49,733.55 |

## Country Wise Expenditure on Evacuation

## Since the spread of COVID-19 till October 2021

| S.no   | Country   |   Expenditure in INR (crores) |
|--------|-----------|-------------------------------|
| 1      | China     |                          5.99 |
| 2      | Japan     |                          3.59 |
| 3      | Italy     |                          3.91 |
| 4      | Iran      |                          2.1  |
|        | Total     |                         15.59 |

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