Overview
- Bureau of Immigration data put outbound Indian students at 760,073 in 2024, down from 894,783 in 2023.
- Year-wise counts show 260,363 (2020), 445,582 (2021), 752,111 (2022), 894,783 (2023), and 760,073 (2024).
- Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar presented the figures in the Lok Sabha in reply to MP P. C. Mohan.
- To ease mobility, the government highlighted visa facilitation, academic recognition, and agreements such as MRQs and Migration and Mobility Partnership pacts.
- For welfare support, Indian Missions use the Indian Community Welfare Fund, and students are urged to register with Missions and the MADAD portal for grievance redressal.