Indian Missions abroad have received over 52,000 complaints and petitions in the past three years from Indian citizens about various problems and hardships faced by them in countries of their residences.
Replying to a question, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid told Lok Sabha that most of the complaints pertained to non-payment or underpayment of salaries, non-renewal of visa, withholding of passport by employers, physical or sexual abuse by employer and termination of employment in an arbitrary manner.
He said 52,137 complaints from were received since 2010 by Indian Missions.
A maximum of 15,525 complaints were received from Indians living in Saudi Arabia followed by 12,820 complaints from Qatar and 9,022 from Oman.
A total of 5,923 complaints were received from United Arab Emirates and 4,019 from Bahrain besides other countries.
Khurshid said whenever a complaint or petition is received by Indian Missions abroad, officials immediately take up the matter with authorities concerned in the local government for redressal.
