Lok Sabha Question No. 3836 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Database Indian Mission
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3836 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2022

## DATABASE INDIAN MISSION

## 3836. SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

## Will the Minister of External Affairs be pleased to state;

- (a) whether the Government has maintained any database of PIO's, NRI's,   students   &   migrant   workforce   with   their   particulars   of contacts;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; India Mission-wise;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government is aware that the said database could be resourceful   in   case   of   emergency,   smoothening   the   evacuation process; and
- (e) the time by which the database would be available?

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

(a) to (e) The estimated data available with the Ministry for PIOs and NRIs in different countries at present is placed in Annexure -I.

The total number of NRIs in the given annexure includes students and migrant workforce. However, the Ministry maintains the data of Indian emigrants having ECR passports going for employment in the 18 ECR countries and this data is available with us as these workers migrate through the e-migrate system. Registration of overseas Indians with the Missions/Posts is voluntary and it has been the Government's experience that despite constant encouragement, not all overseas Indians including students register with the Missions abroad, though the registration can be done online. Therefore, the Ministry and the Missions collate data from various sources and an estimate number of PIOs, NRIs and Indian students living in a country is arrived at.

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Annexure-I As per information available with the Ministry, the estimated number of Overseas Indians are as under:

|   Sl.No | Country                   |   Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) |   Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) |   Total |
|---------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------|
|       1 | Afghanistan               |                          3087 |                                19 |    3106 |
|       2 | Albania                   |                            50 |                                 6 |      56 |
|       3 | Algeria                   |                          5700 |                                10 |    5710 |
|       4 | Andorra                   |                            50 |                               120 |     170 |
|       5 | Angola                    |                          2500 |                              2000 |    4500 |
|       6 | Anguilla                  |                            30 |                                10 |      40 |
|       7 | Ankara                    |                          1278 |                               111 |    1389 |
|       8 | Antigua & Barbuda         |                           220 |                                45 |     265 |
|       9 | Argentina                 |                           800 |                              1800 |    2600 |
|      10 | Armenia                   |                          1477 |                                23 |    1500 |
|      11 | Aruba                     |                           600 |                               400 |    1000 |
|      12 | Australia                 |                        241000 |                            255000 |  496000 |
|      13 | Austria and Montenegro    |                         13000 |                             18000 |   31000 |
|      14 | Azerbaijan                |                           953 |                                24 |     977 |
|      15 | Bahamas                   |                           250 |                                50 |     300 |
|      16 | Bahrain                   |                        323292 |                              3366 |  326658 |
|      17 | Bangladesh                |                         10385 |                                 6 |   10391 |
|      18 | Barbados                  |                           600 |                              2500 |    3100 |
|      19 | Belarus                   |                           854 |                               100 |     954 |
|      20 | Belgium                   |                         12386 |                              8250 |   20636 |
|      21 | Belize                    |                           300 |                              9800 |   10100 |
|      22 | Benin                     |                          1563 |                                 0 |    1563 |
|      23 | Bhutan                    |                         60000 |                                 0 |   60000 |
|      24 | Bolivia                   |                            50 |                                10 |      60 |
|      25 | Bonaire & Smaller Islands |                            54 |                               200 |     254 |
|      26 | Bosnia & Herzegovina      |                            20 |                                 6 |      26 |
|      27 | Botswana                  |                          9000 |                              3000 |   12000 |
|      28 | Brazil                    |                          4729 |                               344 |    5073 |
|      29 | British Virgin Islands    |                            50 |                                10 |      60 |
|      30 | Brunei Darussalam         |                         11500 |                               269 |   11769 |
|      31 | Bulgaria                  |                           250 |                                47 |     297 |
|      32 | Burkina Faso              |                           200 |                                 5 |     205 |
|      33 | Burundi                   |                           465 |                                35 |     500 |
|      34 | Cambodia                  |                          1500 |                                10 |    1510 |
|      35 | Cameroon                  |                           800 |                                 0 |     800 |
|      36 | Canada                    |                        178410 |                           1510645 | 1689055 |

|   37 | Cape Verde Islands                          |    20 |      0 |     20 |
|------|---------------------------------------------|-------|--------|--------|
|   38 | Cayman Islands                              |  1500 |     10 |   1510 |
|   39 | Central African Republic                    |   100 |      0 |    100 |
|   40 | Chad                                        |   120 |      0 |    120 |
|   41 | Chile                                       |  1530 |   2100 |   3630 |
|   42 | China                                       | 55500 |    550 |  56050 |
|   43 | China (Hong Kong)                           | 31569 |   7160 |  38729 |
|   44 | China (Rep. Of Taiwan)                      |  3068 |    378 |   3446 |
|   45 | Colombia                                    |   450 |     89 |    539 |
|   46 | Comoros                                     |    30 |    200 |    230 |
|   47 | Congo (Dem. Rep. of)                        | 10000 |      8 |  10008 |
|   48 | Congo (Rep. Of )                            |   590 |      8 |    598 |
|   49 | Cook Island                                 |     5 |    200 |    205 |
|   50 | Costa Rica                                  |  1011 |     20 |   1031 |
|   51 | Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)                 |  1500 |      0 |   1500 |
|   52 | Croatia                                     |    82 |     24 |    106 |
|   53 | Cuba                                        |   600 |      1 |    601 |
|   54 | Curacao                                     |   700 |    800 |   1500 |
|   55 | Cyprus                                      |  7254 |    245 |   7499 |
|   56 | Czech Republic                              |  4590 |    360 |   4950 |
|   57 | Denmark                                     | 12685 |   2315 |  15000 |
|   58 | Djibouti                                    |   500 |    150 |    650 |
|   59 | Dominica (Commonwealth of)                  |    15 |    200 |    215 |
|   60 | Dominica Republic                           |   100 |     75 |    175 |
|   61 | East Timor                                  |   100 |      0 |    100 |
|   62 | Ecuador                                     |   300 |     55 |    355 |
|   63 | Egypt                                       |  3950 |    351 |   4301 |
|   64 | El Salvador                                 |    14 |      3 |     17 |
|   65 | Equatorial Guinea                           |   250 |      0 |    250 |
|   66 | Eritrea                                     |   300 |      3 |    303 |
|   67 | Estonia                                     |   741 |    422 |   1163 |
|   68 | Ethiopia                                    |  5500 |     15 |   5515 |
|   69 | Fiji                                        |  1400 | 313798 | 315198 |
|   70 | Finland                                     |  5652 |   7739 |  13391 |
|   71 | France                                      | 19000 |  90000 | 109000 |
|   72 | France (Reunion Island)                     |   300 | 297000 | 297300 |
|   73 | France (Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Martin) |   420 |  66800 |  67220 |
|   74 | Gabon                                       |  1100 |     10 |   1110 |
|   75 | Gambia                                      |   700 |     16 |    716 |

|   76 | Georgia                          | 3192     |       8 | 3200     |
|------|----------------------------------|----------|---------|----------|
|   77 | Germany                          | 1,42,585 |   42500 | 1,85,085 |
|   78 | Ghana                            | 10000    |       0 | 10000    |
|   79 | Greece                           | 12300    |    1089 | 13389    |
|   80 | Grenada                          | 200      |    5000 | 5200     |
|   81 | Guatemala                        | 50       |      33 | 83       |
|   82 | Guinea (Republic of)             | 700      |       0 | 700      |
|   83 | Guinea Bissau                    | 100      |       4 | 104      |
|   84 | Guyana                           | 600      |  298782 | 299382   |
|   85 | Haiti                            | 580      |       0 | 580      |
|   86 | Holy See                         | NA       |       0 | 0        |
|   87 | Honduras                         | 15       |       2 | 17       |
|   88 | Hungary                          | 1026     |     124 | 1150     |
|   89 | Iceland                          | 257      |      76 | 333      |
|   90 | Indonesia                        | 8500     |  111500 | 120000   |
|   91 | Iran                             | 4000     |     337 | 4337     |
|   92 | Iraq                             | 18000    |       7 | 18007    |
|   93 | Ireland                          | 15000    |   25000 | 40000    |
|   94 | Israel                           | 12467    |   85000 | 97467    |
|   95 | Italy                            | 157695   |   45357 | 203052   |
|   96 | Jamaica                          | 5000     |   75000 | 80000    |
|   97 | Japan                            | 37933    |     686 | 38619    |
|   98 | Jordan                           | 20569    |     191 | 20760    |
|   99 | Kazakhstan                       | 6785     |     100 | 6885     |
|  100 | Kenya                            | 20000    |   60000 | 80000    |
|  101 | Kiribati                         | 0        |      50 | 50       |
|  102 | Korea (DPR)                      | 15       |       1 | 16       |
|  103 | Korea (Republic of)              | 13236    |     349 | 13585    |
|  104 | Kuwait                           | 1028274  |    1587 | 1029861  |
|  105 | Kyrgyzstan                       | 11200    |       4 | 11204    |
|  106 | Laos, PDR                        | 450      |      78 | 528      |
|  107 | Latvia                           | 760      |      25 | 785      |
|  108 | Lebanon                          | 8500     |      37 | 8537     |
|  109 | Lesotho (Kingdom                 | 1500     |    1500 | 3000     |
|  110 | Liberia                          | 1500     |       0 | 1500     |
|  111 | Libya                            | 1500     |       2 | 1502     |
|  112 | Liechtenstein (Principality of ) | 5        |       5 | 10       |
|  113 | Lithuania                        | 1000     |      42 | 1042     |
|  114 | Luxembourg                       | 2331     |     500 | 2831     |
|  115 | Macedonia                        | 7        |       3 | 10       |
|  116 | Madagascar                       | 2500     |   15000 | 17500    |
|  117 | Malaysia                         | 227950   | 2760000 | 2987950  |
|  118 | Malawi                           | 2500     |    8500 | 11000    |
|  119 | Maldives                         | 25000    |     108 | 25108    |

|   120 | Mali                            |    436 | 1       | 437     |
|-------|---------------------------------|--------|---------|---------|
|   121 | Malta                           |   4850 | 150     | 5000    |
|   122 | Marshall Islands (Republic of)  |     14 | 1       | 15      |
|   123 | Mauritania                      |    150 | 0       | 150     |
|   124 | Mauritius                       |  10500 | 884000  | 894500  |
|   125 | Mexico                          |   6000 | 500     | 6500    |
|   126 | Micronesia                      |     35 | 0       | 35      |
|   127 | Moldova                         |    600 | 8       | 608     |
|   128 | Monaco                          |     30 | 40      | 70      |
|   129 | Mongolia                        |    150 | 5       | 155     |
|   130 | Montserrat                      |     40 | 200     | 240     |
|   131 | Morocco                         |    250 | 105     | 355     |
|   132 | Mozambique                      |   2300 | 22500   | 24800   |
|   133 | Myanmar                         |   9207 | 2000000 | 2009207 |
|   134 | Namibia                         |    200 | 59      | 259     |
|   135 | Nauru                           |     20 | 0       | 20      |
|   136 | Nepal                           | 600000 | 0       | 600000  |
|   137 | Netherlands                     |  40000 | 200000  | 240000  |
|   138 | Netherlands Antilles            |   2581 | 3700    | 6281    |
|   139 | New Zealand                     |  80000 | 160000  | 240000  |
|   140 | Nicaragua                       |     39 | 1       | 40      |
|   141 | Niger                           |    150 | 0       | 150     |
|   142 | Nigeria                         |  40000 | 35      | 40035   |
|   143 | Niue                            |      9 | 0       | 9       |
|   144 | Norway                          |   8732 | 13748   | 22480   |
|   145 | Oman                            | 779351 | 1790    | 781141  |
|   146 | Pakistan                        |      0 | 0       | 0       |
|   147 | Palau (Republic of)             |     27 | 0       | 27      |
|   148 | Palestine (PLO)                 |     20 | 0       | 20      |
|   149 | Panama                          |   4000 | 11000   | 15000   |
|   150 | Papua New Guinea                |   2900 | 100     | 3000    |
|   151 | Paraguay                        |    200 | 400     | 600     |
|   152 | Peru                            |    399 | 55      | 454     |
|   153 | Philippines                     | 105000 | 15000   | 120000  |
|   154 | Poland                          |  10162 | 798     | 10960   |
|   155 | Portugal                        |  11393 | 70000   | 81393   |
|   156 | Qatar                           | 745775 | 775     | 746550  |
|   157 | Romania                         |   1741 | 231     | 1972    |
|   158 | Russian Federation              |  21354 | 2236    | 23590   |
|   159 | Rwanda                          |   2940 | 60      | 3000    |
|   160 | Samoa San Marino                |     21 | 9 0     | 30 0    |
|   161 |                                 |      0 |         |         |
|   162 | Sao Tome and Principe (Rep. of) |     50 | 1       | 51      |

|   163 | Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)    | 2592166   |    2781 |   2594947 |
|-------|------------------------------|-----------|---------|-----------|
|   164 | Senegal                      | 500       |      32 |       532 |
|   165 | Serbia                       | 303       |      17 |       320 |
|   166 | Seychelles                   | 5200      |   12000 |     17200 |
|   167 | Sierra Leone                 | 900       |      50 |       950 |
|   168 | Singapore                    | 350000    |  300000 |    650000 |
|   169 | Slovak Republic              | 500       |      50 |       550 |
|   170 | Slovenia                     | 126       |      56 |       182 |
|   171 | Solomon Islands              | 50        |       0 |        50 |
|   172 | Somalia                      | 100       |       0 |       100 |
|   173 | South Africa                 | 60000     | 1500000 |   1560000 |
|   174 | Spain                        | 49084     |   20904 |     69988 |
|   175 | Sri Lanka                    | 14000     | 1600000 |   1614000 |
|   176 | St. Kitts and Nevis          | 500       |      50 |       550 |
|   177 | St. Lucia                    | 550       |   18600 |     19150 |
|   178 | St. Martin                   | 2171      |    3000 |      5171 |
|   179 | St. Vincent & the Grenadines | 50        |    7700 |      7750 |
|   180 | Sudan                        | 1500      |     100 |      1600 |
|   181 | South Sudan                  | 1100      |       0 |      1100 |
|   182 | Suriname                     | 205       |  237000 |    237205 |
|   183 | Swaziland                    | 1000      |     500 |      1500 |
|   184 | Sweden                       | 15349     |   10370 |     25719 |
|   185 | Switzerland                  | 17403     |    7164 |     24567 |
|   186 | Syria                        | 94        |       0 |        94 |
|   187 | Tajikistan                   | 1500      |       0 |      1500 |
|   188 | Tanzania                     | 10000     |   50000 |     60000 |
|   189 | Thailand                     | 20000     |  175000 |    195000 |
|   190 | Togo                         | 500       |      10 |       510 |
|   191 | Tonga                        | 6         |      40 |        46 |
|   192 | Trinidad & Tobago            | 1800      |  555000 |    556800 |
|   193 | Tunisia                      | 121       |      16 |       137 |
|   194 | Turkey                       | 1609      |      99 |      1708 |
|   195 | Turkmenistan                 | 240       |       0 |       240 |
|   196 | Turks & Caicos Islands       | 200       |      35 |       235 |
|   197 | Tuvalu                       | 0         |      50 |        50 |
|   198 | Uganda                       | 23500     |    6500 |     30000 |
|   199 | Ukraine*                     | -         |     422 |       422 |
|   200 | UAE                          | 3419875   |    5269 |   3425144 |
|   201 | UK                           | 351000    | 1413000 |   1764000 |
|   202 | USA                          | 1280000   | 3180000 |   4460000 |
|   203 | Uruguay                      | 570       |      30 |       600 |
|   204 | Uzbekistan                   | 350       |      49 |       399 |
|   205 | Vanuatu                      | 10        |     800 |       810 |

| 206   | Venezuela   |       50 |       30 |       80 |
|-------|-------------|----------|----------|----------|
| 207   | Vietnam     |     5000 |      500 |     5500 |
| 208   | Yemen       |      500 |    10000 |    10500 |
| 209   | Zambia      |     6000 |    24000 |    30000 |
| 210   | Zimbabwe    |      500 |     9000 |     9500 |
| Total | Total       | 13451654 | 18683645 | 32142840 |

* Around 22,500 Indian nationals have been evacuated from Ukraine. ** The data for NRIs includes Indians students and migrant workers. **As   per   the   available   data   in   the   E-Migrate   system,   the   number   of migrant workers during the last three years are as follows:

|   S.No. |   Year | Number of Emigrants   |
|---------|--------|-----------------------|
|       1 |   2019 | 3,68,048              |
|       2 |   2020 | 94,145                |
|       3 |   2021 | 1,32,673              |

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