Lok Sabha Question No. 2901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-17
Subject: Human Resources in Indian Missions
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2901

ANSWERED ON- 17/03/2023

## HUMAN RESOURCES IN INDIAN MISSIONS

2901. MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state :-

- (a) whether Indian missions abroad are functioning with limited human and financial resources;
- (b) if so, the details of human resources that are currently working in Indian Missions abroad, country-wise;
- (c) the annual financial expenditure of Indian Missions abroad during the last three years, yearwise, country-wise;
- (d) whether the Government is considering to strengthen Indian Missions abroad; and
- (e) the strategies and plan of action that Government has taken in the past to strengthen Indian Missions abroad?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF  STATE IN MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## (SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN)

- (a & b) The country-wise details of human resources in Indian Missions/Posts abroad as on 8 March 2023 is at Annexure - I. Vacancies in Indian Missions/Posts abroad are regularly reviewed and officers posted against vacancies. Adequate funds are provided for the smooth functioning of Missions and Posts abroad, within the overall budgetary ceilings received from the Ministry of Finance.
- (c) The cumulative annual financial expenditure of Indian Missions abroad during the last three years is as follows:
- (d & e) Ministry of External Affairs regularly reviews the requirement of human resources at various levels in Missions and Posts as well as at the Headquarters, and takes appropriate action, including recruitment of additional officers and staff, through placement of requisite indents with the Union Public Service Commission and the Staff Selection Commission, respectively.

|   S. No. | Year    |   Actual Expenditure (in Rs. crores) |
|----------|---------|--------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2019-20 |                              2832.75 |
|        2 | 2020-21 |                              2778.11 |
|        3 | 2021-22 |                              2989.02 |

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## Annexure-I

| Country                               | India based officers &staff   | Local staff   |
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------|
| Algeria                               | 10                            | 11            |
| Angola                                | 9                             | 9             |
| Argentina                             | 10                            | 11            |
| Armenia                               | 6                             | 6             |
| Australia                             | 34                            | 30            |
| Austria                               | 16                            | 20            |
| Azerbaijan                            | 8                             | 6             |
| Bahrain                               | 17                            | 25            |
| Bangladesh                            | 217                           | 94            |
| Belarus                               | 7                             | 9             |
| Belgium                               | 31                            | 27            |
| Bhutan                                | 39                            | 23            |
| Botswana                              | 8                             | 7             |
| Brazil                                | 25                            | 21            |
| Brunei Darussalam                     | 8                             | 9             |
| Bulgaria                              | 8                             | 6             |
| Burkina Faso                          | 4                             | 5             |
| Cambodia                              | 13                            | 8             |
| Cameroon                              | 5                             | 5             |
| Canada                                | 57                            | 44            |
| Chad                                  | 1                             | 0             |
| Chile                                 | 10                            | 12            |
| China                                 | 104                           | 61            |
| Colombia                              | 8                             | 12            |
| Cote d'Ivoire                         | 4                             | 12            |
| Croatia                               | 7                             | 8             |
| Cuba                                  | 9                             | 11            |
| Cyprus                                | 9                             | 7             |
| Czech Republic                        | 14                            | 10            |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Temporarily closed            |               |
| Democratic Republic of Congo          | 6                             | 10            |
| Denmark                               | 12                            | 12            |
| Djibouti                              | 7                             | 5             |
| Dominican Republic                    | 6                             | 4             |
| Egypt                                 | 29                            | 35            |
| Equatorial Guinea                     | 4                             | 4             |
| Eritrea                               | 4                             | 5             |
| Estonia                               | 5                             | 3             |
| Eswatini                              | 2                             | 5             |
| Ethiopia                              | 11                            | 14            |
| Fiji                                  | 4                             | 9             |
| Finland                               | 9                             | 10            |
| France                                | 59                            | 63            |
| Germany                               | 63                            | 73            |
| Ghana                                 | 10                            | 20            |

2

| Greece                    | 12                 | 12   |
|---------------------------|--------------------|------|
| Guatemala                 | 8                  | 9    |
| Guinea                    | 5                  | 5    |
| Guyana                    | 17                 | 8    |
| Hungary                   | 13                 | 12   |
| Iceland                   | 5                  | 5    |
| Indonesia                 | 28                 | 50   |
| Iran                      | 49                 | 30   |
| Iraq                      | 48                 | 23   |
| Ireland                   | 11                 | 7    |
| Israel                    | 25                 | 15   |
| Italy                     | 35                 | 34   |
| Jamaica                   | 8                  | 10   |
| Japan                     | 42                 | 42   |
| Jordan                    | 12                 | 9    |
| Kazakhstan                | 21                 | 23   |
| Kenya                     | 29                 | 27   |
| Kuwait                    | 29                 | 38   |
| Kyrgyzstan                | 16                 | 9    |
| Lao, PDR                  | 8                  | 9    |
| Lebanon                   | 13                 | 12   |
| Liberia                   | 4                  | 4    |
| Libya                     | Temporarily closed |      |
| Madagascar                | 8                  | 13   |
| Malawi                    | 9                  | 12   |
| Malaysia                  | 28                 | 39   |
| Maldives                  | 39                 | 10   |
| Mali                      | 5                  | 6    |
| Malta                     | 11                 | 2    |
| Mauritania                | 3                  | 3    |
| Mauritius                 | 18                 | 22   |
| Mexico                    | 13                 | 13   |
| Mongolia                  | 8                  | 11   |
| Morocco                   | 11                 | 12   |
| Mozambique                | 11                 | 11   |
| Myanmar                   | 44                 | 41   |
| Namibia                   | 10                 | 7    |
| Nepal                     | 235                | 316  |
| Netherlands               | 23                 | 18   |
| New Zealand               | 11                 | 10   |
| Niger                     | 4                  | 7    |
| Nigeria                   | 25                 | 23   |
| Norway                    | 13                 | 7    |
| Oman                      | 28                 | 33   |
| Pakistan                  | 54                 | 1    |
| Palestine                 | 5                  | 3    |
| Panama                    | 7                  | 10   |
| Papua New Guinea Paraguay | 10 5               | 5 6  |
| Peru                      | 5                  | 9    |

3

| Philippines              |   15 |   12 |
|--------------------------|------|------|
| Poland                   |   10 |   13 |
| Portugal                 |    9 |    9 |
| Qatar                    |   21 |   26 |
| Republic of Congo        |    6 |    5 |
| Republic of Korea        |   24 |   22 |
| Romania                  |   10 |   12 |
| Russian Federation       |   95 |   78 |
| Rwanda                   |    7 |    5 |
| Sao Tome and Principe    |    2 |    3 |
| Saudi Arabia             |   70 |  108 |
| Senegal                  |    6 |   12 |
| Serbia                   |    8 |   11 |
| Seychelles               |   11 |    6 |
| Sierra Leone             |    4 |    5 |
| Singapore                |   22 |   36 |
| Slovak Republic          |    5 |    6 |
| Slovenia                 |    7 |    9 |
| South Africa             |   55 |   42 |
| South Sudan              |    8 |    4 |
| Spain                    |   21 |   20 |
| Sri Lanka                |  140 |  111 |
| Sudan                    |   12 |   19 |
| Suriname                 |   11 |    9 |
| Sweden                   |   12 |   13 |
| Switzerland              |   61 |   35 |
| Syria                    |    9 |   11 |
| Tajikistan               |   17 |   17 |
| Tanzania                 |   22 |   26 |
| Thailand                 |   39 |   38 |
| Togo                     |    4 |    5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago      |   16 |   16 |
| Tunisia                  |    8 |    9 |
| Turkey                   |   25 |   23 |
| Turkmenistan             |   12 |    8 |
| Uganda                   |   12 |   10 |
| Ukraine                  |   16 |   10 |
| United Arab Emirates     |   68 |   91 |
| United Kingdom           |  117 |  104 |
| United States of America |  180 |  196 |
| Uzbekistan               |   18 |   15 |
| Venezuela                |   10 |    9 |
| Vietnam                  |   26 |   31 |
| Yemen                    |    3 |    3 |
| Zambia                   |   11 |   11 |
| Zimbabwe                 |   11 |    9 |

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