Lok Sabha Question No. 1658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Migrant Workers returned from Gulf Countries
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Adoor Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1658 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022

## MIGRANT WORKERS RETURNED FROM GULF COUNTRIES

## 1658. ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  maintained  any  data  of  Indian  migrant workers returned back to Gulf countries after coming to India during COVID pandemic;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  request  from  the  State  of Kerala to provide Central assistance/special package for economic rehabilitation of returning migrants; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN)

- (a) to (d) Based  on  the  data  available  in  the  eMigrate  portal,  country-wise and state-wise numbers of Indian migrant workers holding ECR passports who traveled to the GCC countries during the years 2021 and 2022 is attached as Annexure  I.  Government  has  provided  appropriate  support  for  economic growth of all Indian states during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## State Wise number of Emigration Clearances issued during 2021 for GCC countries

| STATE             | Bahrain   | Saudi Arabia   | Kuwait   | Oman   | Qatar   | UAE   |   Total |
|-------------------|-----------|----------------|----------|--------|---------|-------|---------|
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 1251      | 10047          | 3066     | 5401   | 11509   | 2538  |   33812 |
| BIHAR             | 1212      | 5070           | 563      | 3674   | 10841   | 2130  |   23490 |
| WEST BENGAL       | 508       | 3179           | 421      | 865    | 3995    | 791   |    9759 |
| RAJASTHAN         | 239       | 1493           | 747      | 1291   | 6539    | 981   |   11290 |
| TAMIL NADU        | 219       | 2372           | 1072     | 1877   | 2367    | 838   |    8745 |
| KERALA            | 384       | 6452           | 380      | 1506   | 1559    | 268   |   10549 |
| PUNJAB            | 421       | 630            | 140      | 737    | 3433    | 570   |    5931 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 417       | 283            | 2365     | 646    | 1406    | 222   |    5339 |
| TELANGANA         | 337       | 465            | 146      | 856    | 1419    | 1112  |    4335 |
| ODISHA            | 807       | 172            | 50       | 766    | 1821    | 381   |    3997 |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 123       | 405            | 201      | 294    | 1435    | 319   |    2777 |
| KARNATAKA         | 75        | 434            | 228      | 365    | 819     | 197   |    2118 |
| GUJARAT           | 66        | 103            | 70       | 360    | 887     | 66    |    1552 |
| JHARKHAND         | 204       | 249            | 45       | 405    | 416     | 118   |    1437 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 4         | 439            | 78       | 19     | 441     | 10    |     991 |
| UTTARAKHAND       | 31        | 415            | 47       | 161    | 144     | 56    |     854 |
| ASSAM             | 6         | 133            | 152      | 37     | 55      | 8     |     391 |
| HARYANA           | 19        | 121            | 19       | 31     | 137     | 105   |     432 |
| DELHI             | 13        | 161            | 49       | 67     | 131     | 48    |     469 |
| TRIPURA           | 4         | 33             | 63       | 12     | 26      | 6     |     144 |
| MADHYA PRADESH    | 15        | 67             | 30       | 31     | 61      | 23    |     227 |
| GOA               | 5         | 9              | 194      | 15     | 20      | 19    |     262 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 11        | 48             | -        | 10     | 58      | 14    |     141 |
| PUDUCHERRY        | 3         | 42             | 28       | 16     | 24      | 10    |     123 |
| CHANDIGARH        | 3         | 7              | 2        | 6      | 20      | 7     |      45 |
| CHHATTISGARH      | 4         | 4              | -        | 4      | 9       | 3     |      24 |
| DAMAN & DIU       | -         | 2              | -        | -      | 4       | 3     |       9 |
| MANIPUR           | 1         | 7              | -        | -      | 1       | -     |       9 |
| MEGHALAYA         | -         | 2              | -        | -      | 1       | -     |       3 |
| NAGALAND          | -         | 1              | 2        | -      | 1       | -     |       4 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | -         | -              | -        | -      | -       | 1     |       1 |
| Total             | 6382      | 32845          | 10158    | 19452  | 49579   | 10844 |  129260 |

## State Wise number of Emigration Clearances issued during 2022 for GCC countries (till 30 th  Nov 2022)

2,944

| STATE           |   Bahrain |   Saudi Arabia |   Kuwait |   Oman |   Qatar |   UAE | Total    |
|-----------------|-----------|----------------|----------|--------|---------|-------|----------|
| UTTAR PRADESH   |      2100 |          62304 |    18388 |   8453 |    6069 |  7196 | 1,04,510 |
| BIHAR           |      2141 |          27797 |     3986 |   4701 |    6415 |  6341 | 51,381   |
| WEST BENGAL     |       694 |          14884 |     3885 |   1614 |    1384 |  1741 | 24,202   |
| RAJASTHAN       |       416 |          11379 |     5495 |   2561 |    2778 |  3048 | 25,677   |
| TAMIL NADU      |       427 |           5827 |     4667 |   2794 |    1585 |  2103 | 17,403   |
| KERALA          |       330 |           6718 |     2704 |   2345 |    2044 |   464 | 14,605   |
| PUNJAB          |       838 |           1873 |     1817 |   1175 |    1476 |  2309 | 9,488    |
| ANDHRA PRADESH  |       411 |           1320 |    13384 |    658 |    1128 |   450 | 17,351   |
| TELANGANA       |       996 |           2456 |     1488 |   1417 |    1449 |  2754 | 10,560   |
| ODISHA          |       760 |           1091 |      813 |   1024 |     938 |  1167 | 5,793    |
| MAHARASHTRA     |       164 |           2082 |     1354 |    462 |    1043 |   823 | 5,928    |
| KARNATAKA       |        72 |           1906 |     1252 |    766 |     674 |   399 | 5,069    |
| GUJARAT         |       112 |            775 |      649 |    596 |     434 |   378 | 2,944    |
| JHARKHAND       |        90 |           1815 |      319 |    623 |     254 |   295 | 3,396    |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR |        18 |           2774 |     1188 |     28 |     179 |    79 | 4,266    |
| UTTARAKHAND     |        29 |           2181 |      422 |    202 |     185 |   105 | 3,124    |
| ASSAM           |        11 |           1269 |     1627 |     79 |     118 |    33 | 3,137    |
| HARYANA         |        26 |            563 |      213 |     49 |      76 |   129 | 1,056    |
| DELHI           |        29 |            787 |      231 |     86 |     121 |    99 | 1,353    |
| TRIPURA         |         6 |            260 |      598 |     23 |      30 |    27 | 944      |

| MADHYA PRADESH       | 15   | 496    | 467   | 80    | 58    | 64    | 1,180    |
|----------------------|------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|----------|
| GOA                  | 4    | 73     | 405   | 25    | 34    | 23    | 564      |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 5    | 188    | 104   | 24    | 21    | 38    | 380      |
| PUDUCHERRY           | 2    | 93     | 103   | 14    | 20    | 21    | 253      |
| CHANDIGARH           | 6    | 70     | 104   | 39    | 30    | 57    | 306      |
| CHHATTISGARH         | 2    | 65     | 16    | 6     | 7     | 12    | 108      |
| DAMAN & DIU          | 1    | 2      | 2     | -     | 2     | 4     | 11       |
| MANIPUR              | -    | 8      | -     | -     | -     | -     | 8        |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    | -    | 9      | -     | -     | 1     | 1     | 11       |
| MEGHALAYA            | -    | 3      | 5     | 1     | 1     | 1     | 11       |
| SIKKIM               | -    | 1      | -     | -     | 1     | 2     | 4        |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | -    | -      | 1     | -     | -     | 1     | 2        |
| NAGALAND             | -    | 2      | -     | -     | -     | -     | 2        |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | -    | -      | 2     | -     | 1     | -     | 3        |
| LAKSHADWEEP          | 1    | 1      | -     | -     | -     | -     | 2        |
| Total                | 9706 | 151072 | 65689 | 29845 | 28556 | 30164 | 3,15,032 |

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