Question : DEATH OF INDIANS ABROAD

(a) whether a large number of Indians are being killed or committing suicide abroad and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government has conducted any study to identify the reasons for increasing number of such incidents and if so, the outcome thereof;

(c) the details of the assistance including financial provided by the Government to the families of Indians who died abroad;

(d) whether there has been excessive delay in bringing their dead bodies to the country and if so, the reasons therefor;and

(e) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

MINISTER OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS (SHRI VAYALAR RAVI)

(a) On the basis of details received from 71 Indian Missions/Posts, the number of Indians killed or who committed suicide is as follows:

Year	Killed	Suicides

2010	58	55

2011	38	56

2012	52	50