MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS (SHRI VAYALAR RAVI)
(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. A total number of OCI documents issued till October 2009 are given below:
2005 : 291
2006 : 86,340
2007 : 1,12,500
2008 : 1,58,855
2009 : 1,40,916
All matters relating to PIO cards are under the purview of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
However, Indian Missions/Posts in USA, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Denmark etc. have
reported increase in receipt of PIO card applications.
(c) Since the introduction of the OCI Scheme in December 2005 a total number of 4,98,902
OCI documents have been issued till 31st October, 2009. As per information available from
Indian Missions/Posts abroad and MHA, about 10763 OCI applications are at various stages
of processing including applications incomplete and returned for various reasons. The
exact number of PIO cards issued world wide is not available. However, as per information
from Indian Missions/Posts abroad about 948 PIO card applications are pending at various
stages of processing.
