Over 20,000 Indian nationals brought back under Vande Bharat Mission

May 21, 2020

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): The Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri informed that more than 20,000 Indian nationals were brought back under Vande Bharat Mission“We have brought back more than 20,000 of our citizens from various destinations. We have at same time utilised outgoing aircraft to carry our citizens who are normally resident abroad and needed to travel because of jobs and other professional commitments,” said the Minister. “Our effort was not to bring back everyone who wanted to come back. The clear emphasis was on evacuating our citizens who were genuinely stranded abroad,” Hardeep Singh Puri added.