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Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs
07-May-2015 17:44 IST
Online system for sending mortal remains of Indians from abroad

The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs launched an online portal for Transportation of Mortal Remains (TMR) of Indians on 12 August, 2014 which can be accessed from the website of the Ministry, www

The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs launched an online portal for Transportation of Mortal Remains (TMR) of Indians on 12 August, 2014 which can be accessed from the website of the Ministry, www.moia.gov.in and emigrate.gov.in. An applicant (relative or friend of the deceased) can register or report death case of an Indian worker in 18 Emigration Check Required (ECR) countries, namely: Malaysia, Jordan, UAE, Yemen, Lebanon, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Libya, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, and Thailand. Such requests are submitted automatically through the TMR system to the concerned Mission, where the deceased has died.  Officials in Indian Missions can also register or report death cases of Indian workers in the TMR portal on behalf of the deceased.  The TMR system facilitates the return of the mortal remains of deceased Indian nationals to India, with the assistance of the concerned Indian Missions.

        The TMR portal has been linked with the Overseas Workers Resource Centre (OWRC).  Those who cannot fill the information directly on it can take the assistance of OWRC on their toll free no. 1800-11-3090 to register the request for transportation of mortal remains. OWRC is equipped to attend calls in eleven languages viz., English, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Oriya & Gujarati. The caller can also ascertain from OWRC, the status of any grievance submitted on the TMR portal.

As reported by Indian Missions/Posts abroad, the number of Indians who died in various foreign countries during the last three years, country and year-wise are enclosed as Annexure-A.

 

 

Sl.

No.

Country

Indian Mission

/Post

      No. of Indians died in various foreign countries during the last three years, country and year-wise.

2012

2013

2014

2015(As on 01.5.2015)

1.       

Afghanistan

Kabul

7

6

9

--

Herat                

--

--

1

--

Kandhar

2

1

Nil

Nil

Mazar-e-Sharif

Nil

Nil

1

--

2.       

Algeria

Algiers

3

2

3

--

3.       

Angola

Luanda

1

4

7

--

4.       

Armenia

Yerevan            

Nil

1

2

--

5.       

Australia

Canberra

10

6

6

--

Sydney

28

17

31

10

6.       

Austria

Vienna

9

13

7

3

7.       

Azerbaijan

Baku

--

1

--

--

8.       

Bahrain

Bahrain

193

163

175

72

9.       

Bangladesh

Dhaka

11

06

08

4

Chittagong

2

2

3

--

10.   

Barbados               

Paramaribo

Nil

Nil

1

--

11.   

Belgium

Brussels

6

6

10

1

12.   

Belize

Mexico

2

3

4

Nil

13.   

Bhutan

Thimphu

13

22

14

2

Phuentsholing

11

11

17

05

14.   

Brazil

Sao Paulo         

3

4

5

--

15.   

Brunei Darussalam

Brunei

10

12

08

--

16.   

Burkina Faso

Accra

0

0

1

--

17.   

Burundi

Kampala

Nil

1

2

Nil

18.   

Cambodia

Phnom Penh

Nil

2

3

Nil

19.   

Canada

Ottawa

11

9

2

--

Toronto           

45

53

75

--

Vancouver

10

16

31

--

20.   

Central African Republic

Kinshasa

-

 

1

-

-

21.   

China

Beijing

3

3

5

--

Guangzhou

3

2

6

1

Hongkong

21

19

23

--

Shanghai

7

9

7

--

22.   

Colombia

Bogota

Nil

1

Nil

1

23.   

Congo (Dem. Rep. Of)

Kinshasa

7

9

7

--

24.   

Congo (Republic of )

Kinshasa

--

--

2

--

25.   

Cote d’ Ivoire

Abidjan

3

5

3

--

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26.   

Czech Republic

Prague

2

0

2

--

27.   

Denmark

Copenhagen

--

1

2

3

28.   

Djibouti

Addis Ababa

6

6

10

--

29.   

Dominica (Commonwealth of )

Port of Spain

Nil

1

2

--

30.   

Dominican Republic

Havana

Nil

1

Nil

Nil

31.   

Egypt

Cairo

9

4

7

--

32.   

Equatorial Guinea

Luanda

1

1

1

--

33.   

Fiji

Suva

Nil

2

2

--

34.   

Gambia

Dakar                   

4

1

1

--

35.   

Georgia

Yerevan                

7

2

Nil

--

36.   

Germany

Berlin

6

9

4

9

 

 

Hamburg

2

5

10

--

Munich

5

4

13

--

37.   

Ghana

Accra

15

4

9

--

38.   

Greece

Athens

28

16

25

--

39.   

Guatemala

Guatemala

--

--

2

--

40.   

Republic of Guinea

Abidjan

-

1

2

--

41.   

Guinea Bissau

Dakar

--

--

1

--

42.   

Guyana

Georgetown

1

1

2

0

43.   

Haiti

Havana

1

Nil

Nil

Nil

44.   

Indonesia

Jakarta

26

28

21

--

 

 

Medan

1

4

1

--

Bali

1

Nil

4

--

45

Iran

Tehran

5

5

4

1

Bandar Abbas

2

Nil

4

--

46

Iraq

Baghdad

6

15

16

1

47

Ireland

Dublin

1

2

2

1

48

Italy

Rome

62

61

49

--

49

Jordan

Amman

4

11

11

7

50

Kenya

Mombasa

0

1

1

-

51

Korea (Republic of)

Seoul

1

2

5

2

52

Kuwait

Kuwait

501

533

559

195

53

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek                

Nil

1

1

--

54

Lao, PDR

Vientiane

1

1

2

--

55

Lebanon

Beirut

16

23

17

--

56

Liberia

Abidjan

1

1

3

--

57

Libya

Tripoli

3

14

10

3

58

Madagascar

Antananarivo

3

3

Nil

2

59

Malawi

Lilongwe

1

5

4

2

60

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

186

268

309

--

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

61

Maldives

Male

11

6

9

--

      62

Mauritania

Dakar                     

1

--

--

--

63

Mauritius

Port Louis

5

5

5

1

      64

Morocco

Rabat

1

2

4

 

65

Myanmar

Mandalay

-

-

1

--

Yangon

1

2

1

1

66

Namibia

Windhoek

1

2

1

--

67

Netherlands

The Hague

7

4

6

Nil

68

New Zealand

Wellington

19

24

18

11

69

Nigeria

Abuja

Nil

Nil

7

1

70

Norway

Oslo

6

3

4

1         

71

Oman

Muscat

540

555

519

157

72

Pakistan

Islamabad

11

6

6

Nil

73

Panama

 Panama city

7

8

7

2

74

Peru

Lima

1

2

1

1

75

Philippine

Manila

14

55

53

--

76

Portugal

Lisbon

4

8

4

--

77

Qatar

Doha

237

241

279

97

78

Russian Federation

St. Petersburg

Nil

2

Nil

--

79

Rwanda

Kampala

Nil

2

1

1

80

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

1404

1491

1445

383

Jeddah

820

903

982

--

81

Senegal

Dakar

5

1

1

1

82

Seychelles

Victoria

5

9

7

Nil

83

Sierra Leone

Accra

3

4

5

--

84

Singapore

Singapore

149

136

150

44

85

South Africa

Pretoria

14

16

33

--

86

Spain

Madrid

29

26

20

6

87

 

 

Sri Lanka

Colombo

--

12

18

14

Jaffna

Nil

Nil

2

-

Hambantota

0

1

1

--

Kandy

1

1

1

--

88

St. Kitts & Nevis

Georgetown

Nil

Nil

Nil

1

89

Sudan

Khartoum

16

11

6

1

90

Sweden

Stockholm

--

1

--

--

91

Switzerland

Geneva

2

8

5

--

92

Tanzania

Zanzibar

--

-

3

--

93

 

Thailand

Bangkok

46

56

65

--

Chiangmai

Nil

Nil

Nil

1

94

Togo

Accra

1

1

2

--

95

Tunisia

Tunis

--

--

1

--

96

Turkey

Istanbul

1

1

Nil

--

97

Turkmenistan

Ashgabat

5

Nil

Nil

1

98

Uganda

Kampala

41

28

27

7

99

Ukraine

Kyiv

--

1

2

2

100

UAE

Abu Dhabi

1375

1385

1435

--

101

UK

London

55

60

61

--

Edinburgh

7

2

1

1

102

USA

Washington

47

39

42

4

Chicago

48

72

93

17

Houston

Nil

35

22

16

New York

--

155

161

52

Atlanta

6

29

41

14

San Francisco

107

79

106

36

103

Uzbekistan

Tashkent

Nil

Nil

2

2

104

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City

1

--

--

--

105

Yemen

Sana’a

8

3

12

--

106

Zambia

Lusaka

6

7

3

5

 

This information was given by Minister of state for Overseas India Affairs General V. K. Singh (Retd.) in Rajya Sabha today.

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