Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran told Lok Sabha that the figure was till December 31, 2012.
Ramachandran said as and when a foreign national, including Chinese, is found to be overstaying in India in violation of visa rules, necessary action is taken to deport such a foreign national.
"The powers to identify and deport illegally staying foreign nationals, including Chinese nationals, have also been delegated to the state governments/Union Territory administration," he said.