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India on the World Stage

Indian diaspora exceeds 190

the population of countries

The Indian diaspora spread across the world i.e.
PIOs and NRIs, if taken together, is more than the

population of 190 countries of the world.

Except for the Holy See or Vatican City,
Pakistan, and San Marino, there are people There are 202 Indian Missions
of Indian origin or non-resident Indians living
in more than 200 countries of the world. in all the continents of the world
According to the data of the Ministry of which include Embassies, High
External Affairs for December 2021, a total Commissions, Permanent Missions,
of 3.22 crore Indians live abroad, including Permanent Delegations and Deputy
1.87 crore PIOs and 1.35 crore NRIs.
According to the data available with the High Commissions and Representative
Ministry of External Affairs, there are 13 lakh Offices. According to the data
Indian students studying abroad. of the Ministry of External
The Indian Migration Center, a think tank
of the ministry, has prepared a student Affairs, 22 new diplomatic
handbook for study abroad. The largest missions have been
number of 4.65 lakh students are studying in established since 2014.
the United States of America.

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