Lok Sabha Question No. 1730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-10
Subject: Students Pursuing Study in Foreign Countries
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri E T Mohammed Basheer

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1730 ANSWERED ON 10.03.2025

## Students Pursuing Study in Foreign Countries

1730. Shri E T Mohammed Basheer:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of total number of students from India pursuing studies in foreign countries during the last three years, country-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is aware that huge number of Indian students are falling in trap for false promises of Agencies offering education abroad and part time job;
- (c) whether the Government proposes any Scheme for the welfare of students studying abroad in case of emergency; and
- (d) whether the Government has an exclusive portal or helpline in foreign countries to address the emergencies faced by the students abroad?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

- (a)  to  (d):  As  per  information  provided  by  the  Bureau  of  Immigration  (BoI),  the  number  of Indians who disclosed their purpose of visit as Study/Education while going abroad in the last three years is as under:

| Year               |   2022 |   2023 |   2024 |
|--------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| Number of Students | 750365 | 892989 | 759064 |

Country-wise details of students going abroad for studies is placed at Annexure.

Studies  abroad  are  a  matter  of  individual  will  and  choice.  Indian  Community  Welfare  Fund (ICWF) has been set up by Government of India in all Indian Missions and Posts abroad to meet the  contingency  expenditure  incurred  by  Indian  Citizens  including  Indian  students  studying abroad. ICWF main objective is to provide on-site welfare on a means-tested basis. Indian Missions /Posts abroad also encourage Indian students travelling abroad for higher studies to  register  with  them  as  also  on  MADAD  Portal  so  that  their  grievances  and  issues  can  be addressed in a time bound manner.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  TO  (D)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1730  FOR  10.03.2025  REGARDING  'STUDENTS PURSUING STUDY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES' ASKED BY SHRI E T MOHAMMED BASHEER, HON'BLE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA

DESTINATION-WISE  (COUNTRY)  STATISTICS  OF  INDIAN  NATIONALS

WHO  DISCLOSED  THEIR  PURPOSE  AS  STUDY/EDUCATION  WHILE

GOING ABROAD FOR: 2022 TO 2024

| COUNTRY              |   2022 |   2023 |   2024 |
|----------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| AFGHANISTAN          |     27 |     37 |     46 |
| ALAND ISLANDS        |      3 |     11 |      6 |
| ALBANIA              |     57 |     28 |    103 |
| ALGERIA              |      2 |      2 |      1 |
| AMERICAN SAMOA       |      1 |      8 |      4 |
| ANDORRA              |    119 |    316 |    179 |
| ANGOLA               |      9 |     14 |      9 |
| ANGUILLA             |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| ANTARTICA            |      0 |      2 |      1 |
| ANTIGUA AND BARBADOS |     75 |     70 |     53 |
| ARGENTINA            |     39 |     37 |     29 |
| ARMENIA              |   1952 |   1656 |   1323 |
| ARUBA                |      9 |     11 |      9 |
| AUSTRALIA            |  59044 |  78093 |  68572 |
| AUSTRIA              |    466 |    597 |    719 |
| AZERBAIJAN           |    265 |    461 |    241 |
| BAHAMAS              |    119 |    189 |    158 |

| BAHRAIN                        |    122 |    116 |    116 |
|--------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| BANGLADESH                     |  17006 |  20368 |  29232 |
| BARBADOS                       |     64 |     56 |     34 |
| BELARUS                        |    695 |    562 |    697 |
| BELGIUM                        |    514 |    535 |    586 |
| BELIZE                         |     29 |     58 |      9 |
| BENIN                          |      1 |      1 |      4 |
| BERMUDA                        |      2 |      3 |      4 |
| BHUTAN                         |      9 |     10 |     13 |
| BOLIVIA                        |      0 |      2 |      3 |
| BOSNIA                         |    145 |    300 |    284 |
| BOTSWANA                       |      7 |      5 |     12 |
| BOUVET ISLAND                  |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| BRAZIL                         |     83 |     98 |     75 |
| BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| BRUNEI                         |     26 |     43 |     52 |
| BULGARIA                       |    139 |    205 |    151 |
| BURKINA FASO                   |      4 |      4 |      0 |
| BURUNDI                        |      0 |      1 |      1 |
| CAMBODIA                       |    116 |    181 |    150 |
| CAMEROON                       |    144 |    202 |     86 |
| CANADA                         | 185955 | 233532 | 137608 |
| CAPE VERDE ISLANDS             |     18 |     64 |     25 |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS                 |      3 |      0 |      2 |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC       |      0 |      1 |      0 |

| CHAD                                |    6 |    8 |    1 |
|-------------------------------------|------|------|------|
| CHILE                               |   52 |   86 |   51 |
| CHINA                               | 1967 | 7279 | 4978 |
| CHRISTMAS ISLANDS                   |    3 |    1 |    1 |
| COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS             |    1 |    0 |    0 |
| COG(CONGO)                          |    5 |    9 |   11 |
| COLOMBIA                            |   20 |   41 |    9 |
| COMOROS                             |    0 |    2 |    0 |
| CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF)      |    2 |    1 |    3 |
| COSTA RICA                          |    9 |    5 |    5 |
| CUBA                                |    0 |    1 |    2 |
| CYPRUS                              |  726 | 1477 | 3162 |
| CZECH                               |  673 |  668 |  682 |
| DENMARK                             |  488 |  523 |  487 |
| DJIBOUTI                            |    1 |    2 |    2 |
| DOMINICA                            |    1 |    0 |    2 |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC                  |    1 |    3 |    1 |
| EAST TIMOR (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) |   17 |   21 |  105 |
| ECUADOR                             |    7 |    3 |    6 |
| EGYPT                               |  424 |  580 |  558 |
| EL SALVADOR                         |    2 |    3 |    1 |
| ERITREA                             |    4 |    6 |   11 |
| ESTONIA                             |   54 |   58 |   56 |

| ETHIOPIA                    |    14 |     2 |     7 |
|-----------------------------|-------|-------|-------|
| FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINES) |    11 |    12 |    12 |
| FAROE ISLANDS               |     0 |     2 |     0 |
| FIJI                        |     2 |     3 |     5 |
| FINLAND                     |   234 |   449 |   526 |
| FRANCE                      |  6406 |  7484 |  8536 |
| FRANCE METROPOLITAN         |     2 |     1 |     3 |
| FRENCH GUIANA               |     1 |     1 |     4 |
| FRENCH POLYNESIA            |     2 |     2 |     0 |
| GABON                       |    16 |    12 |    16 |
| GAMBIA                      |     4 |     1 |     2 |
| GEORGIA                     |  5269 | 10470 |  9720 |
| GERMANY                     | 20684 | 23296 | 34702 |
| GHANA                       |    18 |    12 |    14 |
| GIBRALTAR                   |     7 |     5 |     5 |
| GREECE                      |   207 |   124 |   170 |
| GREENLAND                   |     0 |     1 |     0 |
| GRENADA                     |    17 |    15 |    12 |
| GUADELOUPE                  |     1 |     1 |     0 |
| GUATEMALA                   |     2 |     2 |     1 |
| GUINEA                      |    10 |     6 |     9 |
| GUINEA BISSAU               |     1 |     0 |     0 |
| GUYANA                      |   145 |   182 |   113 |
| HAITI                       |    25 |    22 |    19 |
| HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS  |     4 |     7 |     3 |

| HONDURAS            |     3 |     4 |     2 |
|---------------------|-------|-------|-------|
| HONG KONG           |   708 |   607 |   614 |
| HUNGURY             |   389 |   336 |   465 |
| ICELAND             |    47 |    44 |    47 |
| INDONESIA           |   170 |   259 |   268 |
| IRAN                |  1063 |  1325 |  1977 |
| IRAQ                |    79 |    89 |    91 |
| IRELAND             |  6211 |  8011 | 10438 |
| ISLEOFMAN           |     5 |    18 |     8 |
| ISRAEL              |  1061 |  1288 |   862 |
| ITALY               |  3507 |  3739 |  3965 |
| IVORY COST          |     2 |     6 |     4 |
| JAMAICA             |   109 |    81 |    68 |
| JAPAN               |  1423 |  1219 |  1508 |
| JERSEY              |     9 |     3 |     1 |
| JORDAN              |    37 |    36 |    20 |
| KAZAKHSTAN          |  8895 | 10172 | 11638 |
| KENYA               |   250 |   357 |   381 |
| KIRIBATI            |     5 |     5 |     4 |
| KOREA(DPR)          |    29 |    25 |    22 |
| KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |  1005 |   942 |  1095 |
| KUWAIT              |   124 |   150 |   166 |
| KYRGHYZSTAN         | 14728 | 12374 | 11875 |
| LAOS                |     5 |     6 |    10 |
| LATVIA              |   750 |  1566 |  1669 |

| LEBANON                          |    6 |    6 |   10 |
|----------------------------------|------|------|------|
| LESOTHO                          |    0 |    0 |    1 |
| LIBERIA                          |    1 |    4 |    3 |
| LIBYA                            |    0 |    5 |    0 |
| LIECHTENSTEIN                    |    1 |    1 |    5 |
| LITHUANIA                        |  324 |  286 |  335 |
| LUXEMBOURG                       |   46 |   57 |  101 |
| MACAU                            |   17 |   37 |   42 |
| MACEDONIA                        |    1 |    0 |    0 |
| MADAGASCAR                       |    1 |    6 |    3 |
| MALAWI                           |   27 |   32 |   41 |
| MALAYSIA                         | 2453 | 3437 | 4390 |
| MALDIVES                         |  174 |  157 |  155 |
| MALI                             |    3 |    9 |    3 |
| MALTA                            |  599 | 1868 | 1422 |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS                 |    0 |    2 |    1 |
| MARTINIQUE                       |    1 |    1 |    0 |
| MAURITANIA                       |   27 |   19 |   49 |
| MAURITIUS                        | 1503 | 1837 | 2146 |
| MAYOTTE                          |    0 |    1 |    1 |
| MEXICO                           |   49 |   48 |   51 |
| MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF) |    0 |    2 |    0 |
| MOLDOVA                          |  974 |  434 |  384 |
| MONACO                           |    5 |    4 |    6 |

| MONGOLIA                 |    4 |    3 |    2 |
|--------------------------|------|------|------|
| MONTENEGRO               |    4 |    4 |    2 |
| MOROCCO                  |    5 |   14 |   79 |
| MOZAMBIQUE               |   16 |    9 |   13 |
| MYANMAR                  |   22 |   19 |   21 |
| NAMIBIA                  |  100 |  188 |  152 |
| NAURU                    |   18 |   36 |   21 |
| NEPAL                    |  444 |  531 |  625 |
| NETHERLANDS              | 1901 | 1938 | 1940 |
| NETHERLANDS ANTILLES     |   15 |   12 |    4 |
| NEUTRAL ZONE             |    0 |   14 |    6 |
| NEW CALEDONIA            |   11 |   58 |   48 |
| NEW ZEALAND              | 1605 | 6471 | 7297 |
| NICARAGUA                |    0 |    3 |    4 |
| NIGER                    |    1 |    4 |    4 |
| NIGERIA                  |   25 |   24 |   24 |
| NIUE ISLAND              |    0 |    0 |    0 |
| NORFOLK ISLAND           |    3 |    3 |    3 |
| NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS |    2 |    1 |    0 |
| NORWAY                   |  195 |  159 |  180 |
| OMAN                     |  151 |  157 |  137 |
| PAKISTAN                 |  396 |  331 |  110 |
| PALAU                    |    0 |    0 |    0 |
| PALESTINIAN              |    0 |    1 |    1 |
| PANAMA                   |   61 |   21 |   21 |

| PAPUANEW GUINEA                  |     4 |     3 |     6 |
|----------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|
| PARAGUAY                         |     6 |     2 |     4 |
| PERU                             |     7 |     5 |     5 |
| PHILLIPPINES                     | 11261 |  6883 |  8101 |
| PITCAIRN                         |     3 |     0 |     2 |
| POLAND                           |  1443 |  1639 |  1394 |
| PORTUGAL                         |   163 |   236 |   223 |
| PUERTO RICO                      |     3 |     4 |     5 |
| QATAR                            |   275 |   232 |   249 |
| REPUBLIC OF CHINA TAIWAN         |   465 |   707 |   962 |
| REPUBLIC OF CROATIA              |    77 |    41 |    36 |
| REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA             |    53 |   157 |   176 |
| RESIDENT OF KOSOVO (UNMIK)       |     0 |     2 |     1 |
| REUNION ISLANDS                  |     7 |     9 |    14 |
| ROMANIA                          |    78 |    97 |    90 |
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION               | 19784 | 23503 | 31444 |
| RWANDA                           |     4 |     2 |     6 |
| SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS      |    42 |    31 |    25 |
| SAINT HELENA                     |     0 |     2 |     2 |
| SAINT LUCIA                      |    46 |    37 |    20 |
| SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON        |     0 |     0 |     0 |
| SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES |     7 |    10 |    11 |
| SAMOA                            |     0 |     0 |     1 |
| SAN MARINO                       |     9 |    11 |    12 |

| SAO TOME AND PRINCIP                     |     1 |     0 |     0 |
|------------------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|
| SAUDI ARABIA                             |   774 |   807 |   852 |
| SENEGAL                                  |     7 |     5 |    11 |
| SERBIA                                   |   132 |   213 |   307 |
| SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO                    |     0 |     2 |     1 |
| SEYCHELLES                               |    18 |    14 |     9 |
| SIERRA LEONE                             |    19 |    11 |     5 |
| SINGAPORE                                | 17085 | 12763 | 14547 |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC                          |    93 |   155 |   171 |
| SOLOMON ISLANDS                          |     1 |     3 |     1 |
| SOMALIA                                  |     0 |     1 |     1 |
| SOUTH AFRICA                             |   621 |   636 |   906 |
| SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS |     0 |     1 |     0 |
| SOUTH SUDAN                              |     1 |     2 |     0 |
| SPAIN                                    |  1384 |  1376 |  1468 |
| SRI LANKA                                |   179 |   454 |   517 |
| SUDAN                                    |     5 |     9 |     8 |
| SURINAME                                 |     0 |     0 |     5 |
| SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ISLANDS           |     0 |     0 |     0 |
| SWAZILAND                                |   153 |   130 |     4 |
| SWEDEN                                   |   639 |   611 |   630 |
| SWITZERLAND                              |   870 |   985 |  1279 |
| SYRIA                                    |     2 |     2 |     5 |

| TANZANIA                             |    217 |    609 |    503 |
|--------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| TAZIKISTAN                           |   1112 |    997 |   1167 |
| THAILAND                             |    655 |    921 |    844 |
| TOGO                                 |      7 |      7 |      6 |
| TOKELAU                              |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| TONGA                                |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO                  |      4 |     16 |      6 |
| TUNISIA                              |      9 |     17 |     26 |
| TURKEY                               |    300 |    326 |    316 |
| TURKMENISTAN                         |      0 |      2 |      1 |
| TURKS AND CAICOS ISL                 |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| TUVALU                               |      2 |      2 |      1 |
| UGANDA                               |    546 |    662 |    669 |
| UKRAINE                              |   2199 |    326 |    252 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES                 |   5892 |   6611 |   6017 |
| UNITED KINGDOM                       | 132709 | 136921 |  98890 |
| UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS |      0 |    190 |    148 |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA             | 190512 | 234473 | 204058 |
| URAGUAY                              |     49 |     63 |     49 |
| UZBEKISTAN                           |   3430 |   6601 |   9915 |
| VANUATU                              |     57 |     99 |     87 |
| VATICAN CITY - HOLY SEE              |      0 |      1 |      1 |
| VENEZUELA                            |      3 |      2 |      3 |
| VIETNAM                              |    155 |    551 |    811 |

| VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)   |      1 |      0 |      1 |
|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| VIRGIN ISLANDS (US)        |      0 |      2 |      2 |
| WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS  |      5 |      3 |      6 |
| YEMEN                      |     24 |     36 |     36 |
| ZAMBIA                     |    133 |     70 |     78 |
| ZIMBABWE                   |      3 |      3 |      3 |
| Total                      | 750365 | 892989 | 759064 |