Lok Sabha Question No. 1608 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-28
Subject: Cultural Exchange Programme
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shyam Yadav Singh

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1608

ANSWERED ON- 28/07/2023

## CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

1608. SHRI SHYAM SINGH YADAV

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

(a) the list of all countries with whom India is having cultural exchange programmes including student cultural exchanges;

(b) whether the Government plans to increase the list of these countries;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the number of students have gone on cultural exchange programs from India during the last three years country wise?

## ANSWER

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

(SMT. MEENAKSHI LEKHI)

(a to d) As per information available from the Ministry of Culture, there are 72 countries with which India has Cultural Exchange Programs (CEP). The scope of CEP varies from country to country. The list of countries with whom India has CEP is placed at Annexure.

CEP are finalized through mutual consultations based on initiatives taken by India as well as other countries.

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## ANNEXURE

## Name of the countries with whom India have Cultural Exchange Programmes

|   Sl No. | Name of Country   |   Sl No. | Name of Country      |
|----------|-------------------|----------|----------------------|
|        1 | ARMENIA           |       37 | MALI                 |
|        2 | AUSTRALIA         |       38 | MEXICO               |
|        3 | AZERBAIJAN        |       39 | MONGOLIA             |
|        4 | BAHRAIN           |       40 | MOROCCO              |
|        5 | BANGLADESH        |       41 | NETHERLANDS          |
|        6 | BELARUS           |       42 | NORWAY               |
|        7 | BENIN             |       43 | OMAN                 |
|        8 | BOLIVIA           |       44 | PANAMA               |
|        9 | BOTSWANA          |       45 | PERU                 |
|       10 | BRAZIL            |       46 | PHILIPPINES          |
|       11 | BRUNEI            |       47 | PORTUGAL             |
|       12 | CAMBODIA          |       48 | ROMANIA              |
|       13 | CHILE             |       49 | RUSSIA               |
|       14 | CHINA             |       50 | SAUDI ARABIA         |
|       15 | COLOMBIA          |       51 | SENEGAL              |
|       16 | COMOROS           |       52 | SERBIA               |
|       17 | CUBA              |       53 | SEYCHELLES           |
|       18 | CZECH REPUBLIC    |       54 | SIERRA LEONE         |
|       19 | DENMARK           |       55 | SLOVAK REPUBLIC      |
|       20 | ECUADOR           |       56 | SLOVENIA             |
|       21 | EGYPT             |       57 | SPAIN                |
|       22 | ETHIOPIA          |       58 | SRI LANKA            |
|       23 | FINLAND           |       59 | SUDAN                |
|       24 | FRANCE            |       60 | SURINAME             |
|       25 | GHANA             |       61 | TAJIKISTAN           |
|       26 | GREECE            |       62 | THAILAND             |
|       27 | GUYANA            |       63 | TUNISIA              |
|       28 | HUNGARY           |       64 | TURKEY               |
|       29 | ICELAND           |       65 | TURKMENISTAN         |
|       30 | JAPAN             |       66 | UGANDA               |
|       31 | JORDAN            |       67 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
|       32 | KAZAKHSTAN        |       68 | UZBEKISTAN           |
|       33 | KENYA             |       69 | VENEZUELA            |
|       34 | KYRGYZSTAN        |       70 | VIETNAM              |
|       35 | LITHUANIA         |       71 | ZAMBIA               |
|       36 | MALDIVES          |       72 | ZIMBABWE             |

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