Travel restrictions eased for Indian students |
Good news for Indian students as travel restrictions are being eased for them by several countries including the US, Canada, the UK, and Germany and that more nations are expected to do the same as COVID-19 situation improves. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said in the Rajya Sabha that Indian government has been making efforts for easing travel restrictions for Indian students enrolled in foreign universities. A number of countries imposed travel restrictions for Indians after India was hit by a devastating second wave of the pandemic. Muraleedharan said the ministry had been making efforts for easing travel restrictions, and Indian missions abroad have been actively taking up these issues with the respective governments and have been impressing upon those governments to ease the travel restrictions. He said the issue of travel restrictions has been taken up at the ministerial level with several countries. Consequently, travel restrictions are being eased for Indian students to travel to many countries, including the USA, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Georgia, etc; more countries are expected to open up when the Covid situation improves. Muraleedharan said the welfare of Indians abroad, including students, is the top priority of their government.
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