Around 10 lakh Indians have returned from abroad under Vande Bharat Mission

India- Over one million Indians are back from abroad as government launched the “Vande Bharat” evacuation mission on May 7 in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava tweeted, “Vande Bharat Mission crosses the 1 million mark!”

“We continue our efforts with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to bring our nationals home,” he tweeted.

“Driven by the aspirations of our people, the mission continues to facilitate repatriation and outbound travel of stranded and distressed citizens,” he had said.

Currently phase 5 of the mission is under way.

This phase is expected to repatriate more than 1,30,000 Indians stranded abroad. — PTI