Lok Sabha Question No. 1258 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-09
Subject: Evacuation of Indians
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1258

## ANSWERED ON- 09/02/2024

## EVACUATION OF INDIANS

## 1258. SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA

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

- (a)   the   total   number   of   students/persons   evacuated   from   other
- countries to India during COVID, Russia-Ukraine War and others wars, State-wise; and
- (b)   the   total   expenditure   incurred   by   Government   on   their
- evacuations?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

(SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN)

(a & b)  Vande Bharat Mission:  3.20 crore people (disembarkation-

1.60 crore & embarkation 1.60 crore) have been facilitated during COVID   under   'Vande   Bhart   Mission'   including   the   Air   Bubble arrangements till March 2022.  A total of Rs. 22.54 crore was spent (Rs. 15.59 crore for arranging special chartered flights and Rs. 6.95 crore on air passage of individual Indian nationals on need basis) from Indian Community and Welfare Fund (ICWF)  through Indian Missions/Posts abroad during Vande Bharat Mission.

Operation   Devi   Shakti: A   total   of   669   individuals   have   been evacuated from Afghanistan under 'Operation Devi Shakti' by 6 IAF and Air India flights. This comprises 448 Indians and 206 Afghans, which includes members of the Afghan Hindu/Sikh community and 15 foreign nationals.

## Operation Ganga:

18,282 Indian nationals mainly students were brought back to India from Ukraine at Government of India's cost by 90 flights, of which 76 were commercial flights and 14 IAF flights in February and March 2022.

Operation   Kaveri:  4,097   people   (including   136   foreigners)  were brought back to India from Sudan with the help of 18 IAF sorties, 5 trips of Indian Navy ships and 20 commercial flights at Government of India's cost under 'Operation Kaveri'. This includes 108 Indian nationals moved through Sudan's land borders with Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan.

Operation Ajay: So far, a total of 1343 people including 1309 Indian nationals,  14 OCI card holders and 20 Nepalese have returned to India   from   Israel   in   6   special   flights   under   Operation   Ajay   at Government of India's cost.

State/UT-wise   details   available   with   the   Ministry   are   placed   at Annexure-I.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## DETAILS   OF   PASSENGERS   (OUTBOUND   AND   INBOUND)   WHO HAVE TRAVELED ON VANDE BHARAT MISSION DURING 2020-21 AND 2021-22

(in numbers)*

| STATE           |   EMBARKED | DISEMBARKED   |
|-----------------|------------|---------------|
| A & N island    |         13 | 13            |
| Andhra Pradesh  |       7561 | 118897        |
| Assam           |         35 | 349           |
| Bihar           |       1573 | 12525         |
| Chandigarh      |      11610 | 17571         |
| Delhi           |    5033140 | 4653599       |
| Goa             |      67389 | 75403         |
| Gujarat         |     415118 | 411018        |
| Jammu & Kashmir |       7247 | 4587          |
| Karnataka       |     991406 | 967669        |
| Kerala          |    3654171 | 3732727       |
| Madhya Pradesh  |       4102 | 3797          |
| Maharashtra     |    2483462 | 1952571       |
| Manipur         |         12 | 19            |
| Odisha          |        723 | 5425          |
| Puducherry      |          1 | -             |
| Punjab          |     287657 | 242611        |
| Rajasthan       |     132290 | 168896        |
| Tamil Nadu      |    1436967 | 1588072       |
| Telangana       |     943575 | 1045397       |
| Uttar Pradesh   |     373677 | 687428        |
| West Bengal     |     234420 | 252541        |
| Grand Total     |   16086149 | 15941115      |

* Vande Bharat Mission came to an end on 26.03.2022 with the resumption   of   scheduled   international   commercial   passenger services to/from India on 27.03.2022.

## STATE-WISE LIST OF PEOPLE EVACUATED UNDER OPERATION GANGA

| S. No.   | State / Union Territory   |   Number of People |
|----------|---------------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Island  |                  4 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            |                682 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                  1 |
| 4        | Assam                     |                 53 |
| 5        | Bihar                     |               1003 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                |                 52 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              |                210 |
| 8        | Dadar & Nagar Haveli      |                  5 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu               |                  5 |
| 10       | Delhi                     |                681 |
| 11       | Goa                       |                 18 |
| 12       | Gujarat                   |               1020 |
| 13       | Haryana                   |               1436 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh          |                289 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir           |                128 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 |                158 |
| 17       | Karnataka                 |                615 |
| 18       | Kerala                    |               3343 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep               |                  4 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh            |                412 |
| 21       | Maharashtra               |               1025 |
| 22       | Manipur                   |                 23 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                 |                 40 |
| 24       | Mizoram                   |                  1 |
| 25       | Nagaland                  |                  4 |
| 26       | Odisha                    |                397 |
| 27       | Puducherry                |                 28 |
| 28       | Punjab                    |                609 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                 |                934 |
| 30       | Sikkim                    |                 26 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                |               1479 |
| 32       | Telangana                 |                667 |
| 33       | Tripura                   |                 32 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh             |               1917 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand               |                257 |
| 36       | West Bengal               |                343 |
| 37       | State name not available  |                272 |
|          | TOTAL                     |              18282 |

## STATE-WISE LIST OF PEOPLE EVACUATED UNDER OPERATION KAVERI

| S. No.   | States                                                       |   Number of People |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                                               |                106 |
| 2        | Assam                                                        |                 13 |
| 3        |                                                              |                370 |
| 4        | Bihar Chandigarh                                             |                  1 |
|          | Chhattisgarh                                                 |                  3 |
| 5 6      | Delhi                                                        |                 27 |
| 7        | Gujarat                                                      |                492 |
| 8        | Haryana                                                      |                 39 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                                             |                 25 |
| 10       | and Kashmir                                                  |                  1 |
| 11       | Jammu Jharkhand                                              |                 62 |
| 12       | Karnataka                                                    |                418 |
| 13       | Kerala                                                       |                172 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                                               |                 20 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                                                  |                337 |
| 16       | Manipur                                                      |                  1 |
| 17       | Nagaland                                                     |                  3 |
| 18       | Odisha                                                       |                 86 |
| 19       | Punjab                                                       |                 62 |
| 20       | Puducherry                                                   |                  7 |
| 21       | Rajasthan                                                    |                 87 |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu                                                   |                244 |
| 23       | Telangana                                                    |                129 |
| 24       | Uttar Pradesh                                                |                800 |
| 25       | Uttarakhand                                                  |                 24 |
| 26       | West Bengal                                                  |                 52 |
| 27       | State name not available                                     |                234 |
|          | Total Indian Citizens                                        |               3961 |
|          | Foreign Nationals (British- 3 + Sudanese-124 + Nepalese - 9) |                136 |
|          | GRAND TOTAL (3961 + 136)                                     |               4097 |

## STATE-WISE LIST OF PEOPLE BROUGHT BACK UNDER OPERATION AJAY

| S. No.   | State                                 |   Number of People |
|----------|---------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                        |                 45 |
| 2        | Assam                                 |                 20 |
| 3        | Bihar                                 |                 29 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh                          |                  6 |
| 5        | Delhi                                 |                 36 |
| 6        | Goa                                   |                  3 |
| 7        | Gujarat                               |                 34 |
| 8        | Haryana                               |                 28 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                      |                 18 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir                       |                  9 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                             |                 13 |
| 12       | Karnataka                             |                 39 |
| 13       | Kerala                                |                121 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                        |                 14 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                           |                108 |
| 16       | Manipur                               |                 23 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                             |                  2 |
| 18       | Mizoram                               |                  1 |
| 19       | Nagaland                              |                  2 |
| 20       | Odisha                                |                 20 |
| 21       | Punjab                                |                  9 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                             |                 33 |
| 23       | Sikkim                                |                 11 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                            |                131 |
| 25       | Telangana                             |                 70 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                         |                145 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                           |                 14 |
| 28       | West Bengal                           |                248 |
| 29       | State name not available              |                 77 |
|          | TOTAL INDIAN CITIZENS                 |               1309 |
|          | OCI Card holders (14) & Nepalese (20) |                 34 |
|          | GRAND TOTAL (1309 + 34)               |               1343 |

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