Lok Sabha Question No. 491 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Guidelines for Receiving Gifts
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.491 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## GUIDELINES FOR RECEIVING GIFTS

- † 491. SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether guidelines have been prescribed by the Government regarding  receiving  gifts  by  the  Very  Important  Persons  in other countries;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  such  gifts  received  by  the  individual  becomes  his personal property;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  year-wise  and  country-wise  details  of  gifts  received abroad by VVIPs during the last three years?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

- (a) & (b) Yes.  The  gifts  received  by  Very  Important  Persons during  their  foreign  visits  are  governed  by  Foreign  Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012 as amended from time to time.
- (c) & (d) The  ownership  of  the  gifts  are  decided  as  per  the criteria as laid down  in Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012.
- (e) The year-wise and country-wise details of gifts received from foreign source by VVIPs during the last three years are enclosed at ANNEXURE.
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## ANNEXURE

## Year wise and Country wise details of gifts received by VVIPs during last 3 year

|   Sl.No | Name of Country          | 2013   | 2014   | 2015 till date   |
|---------|--------------------------|--------|--------|------------------|
|       1 | Uzbekistan               | 1      | Nil    | 3                |
|       2 | Afghanistan              | 4      | 2      | 3                |
|       3 | Kuwait                   | 9      | Nil    | Nil              |
|       4 | Peru                     | 1      | Nil    | Nil              |
|       5 | Ecuador                  | 1      | Nil    | Nil              |
|       6 | Zanzibar                 | Nil    | 2      | Nil              |
|       7 | Bahrain                  | Nil    | 1      | Nil              |
|       8 | Saudi Arabia             | Nil    | 3      | Nil              |
|       9 | Myanmar                  | Nil    | 3      | 3                |
|      10 | China                    | 3      | 8      | 22               |
|      11 | Bangladesh               | 1      | 6      | 19               |
|      12 | United States of America | 5      | 1      | 7                |
|      13 | Lao PDR                  | Nil    | Nil    | 1                |
|      14 | Cambodia                 | Nil    | Nil    | 2                |
|      15 | Indonesia                | 1      | 1      | 2                |
|      16 | Nepal                    | 1      | 7      | 5                |
|      17 | United Kingdom           | 1      | 1      | 8                |
|      18 | Bhutan                   | 1      | 3      | 1                |
|      19 | South Africa             | 1      | Nil    | 2                |
|      20 | ASEAN                    | 1      | Nil    | Nil              |
|      21 | Cote D'Ivoire            | 1      | Nil    | Nil              |
|      22 | Germany                  | 2      | 1      | 2                |
|      23 | Maldives                 | 2      | 5      | 3                |
|      24 | Thailand                 | 2      | 1      | 1                |
|      25 | Japan                    | 5      | 2      | 3                |
|      26 | Malaysia                 | 3      | 1      | Nil              |
|      27 | Fiji                     | 1      | Nil    | 3                |
|      28 | Sri Lanka                | 2      | 1      | 6                |
|      29 | Rome                     | 1      | Nil    | Nil              |
|      30 | Iraq                     | 1      | Nil    | Nil              |
|      31 | Vietnam                  | 2      | Nil    | 2                |
|      32 | Pakistan                 | 2      | Nil    | Nil              |
|      33 | Russia                   | 3      | 5      | 7                |
|      34 | Mexico                   | 1      | Nil    | Nil              |
|      35 | Hungary                  | 1      | Nil    | Nil              |
|      36 | Niue                     | 1      | Nil    | Nil              |
|      37 | Oman                     | Nil    | 3      | Nil              |
|      38 | Nigeria                  | Nil    | 2      | 1                |
|      39 | Tanzania                 | Nil    | 1      | 1                |

|   40 | Hague, Netherlands   | Nil   | 1   | 1   |
|------|----------------------|-------|-----|-----|
|   41 | Brazil               | Nil   | 2   | 1   |
|   42 | Singapore            | 1     | 2   | 3   |
|   43 | Uganda               | Nil   | 1   | Nil |
|   44 | Guyana               | Nil   | Nil | 2   |
|   45 | Australia            | Nil   | Nil | 4   |
|   46 | United Nations       | Nil   | Nil | 2   |
|   47 | Israel               | Nil   | Nil | 2   |
|   48 | Qatar                | Nil   | Nil | 2   |
|   49 | Cuba                 | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   50 | France               | Nil   | Nil | 3   |
|   51 | Canada               | Nil   | Nil | 3   |
|   52 | Spain                | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   53 | Korea                | Nil   | Nil | 2   |
|   54 | South Korea          | Nil   | Nil | 9   |
|   55 | Mongolia             | Nil   | Nil | 4   |
|   56 | Turkmenistan         | Nil   | Nil | 3   |
|   57 | Tajikistan           | Nil   | Nil | 2   |
|   58 | Kazakhstan           | Nil   | Nil | 2   |
|   59 | Mozambique           | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   60 | Micronesia           | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   61 | Marshall Island      | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   62 | Seychelles           | Nil   | Nil | 3   |
|   63 | Iran                 | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   64 | UAE                  | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   65 | Kyrgyzstan           | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   66 | Vanuatu              | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   67 | Ireland              | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   68 | Morocco              | Nil   | Nil | 3   |
|   69 | Namibia              | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   70 | Ghana                | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   71 | Botswana             | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   72 | Mauritius            | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   73 | Senegal              | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   74 | Sierra Leone         | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   75 | Zambia               | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   76 | Madagascar           | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   77 | Liberia              | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   78 | Zimbabwe             | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   79 | Benin                | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   80 | Swaziland            | Nil   | Nil | 1   |
|   81 | Sudan                | Nil   | Nil | 1   |

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