Question : HARDSHIPS FACED BY INDIANS ABROAD

(a) whether the Indian Missions abroad have received complaints/petitions/representations from Indian citizens/people of Indian origin about the problems/hardships being faced by them in the country in which they reside;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of such complaints/petitions/ representations received by the Indian missions during each of the last three years and the current year country-wise, and

(c) the details of the nature of such complaints and the steps taken by the Government to raise such matters with the country concerned and resolve the same along with the success achieved as a result thereof

MINISTER OF STATE OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS GENERAL (RETD.) SHRI V.K. SINGH

(a) to (c) : Yes, Madam. On the basis of information received from Indian Missions/Posts, the country-wise details of number of such complaints/ petitions/ representations received by the Indian Missions/Posts from Indian citizens/ people of Indian origin about the problems /hardships being faced by them in the country in which they reside during each of the last three years and the current year are at Annexure-A. The nature of complaints and steps taken to raise such matters with the country concerned and resolve the same along with the success achieved as a result thereof are also enclosed therein.