Historical Data of Parliament: Year-wise Parliamentary Goodwill Delegations sent Abroad, since 1997
The dataset contains year-wise historically compiled data on number of goodwill parliamentary delegations, comprising of both member of parliaments (MPs) and officers, which have been sent abroad to various countries such as China, Greece, Egypt, United State of America (USA), Hong Kong, Mauritius, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malasiya, etc. to represent India's policies, achievements and to share reciprocal inputs with other countries
Notes
Goodwill delegations is government sponsored programme whereby the the MPs and other distinguished personalities are sent abroad to project India's policies, programmes and achievements in different fields with their counterparts
Historical Data of Parliament: Year-wise Parliamentary Goodwill Delegations sent Abroad, since 1997
The dataset contains year-wise historically compiled data on number of goodwill parliamentary delegations, comprising of both member of parliaments (MPs) and officers, which have been sent abroad to various countries such as China, Greece, Egypt, United State of America (USA), Hong Kong, Mauritius, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malasiya, etc. to represent India's policies, achievements and to share reciprocal inputs with other countries
Notes
Goodwill delegations is government sponsored programme whereby the the MPs and other distinguished personalities are sent abroad to project India's policies, programmes and achievements in different fields with their counterparts
Rows: 28
Columns: 8
Time period: 1997 to 2011
Last Updated: 04 November 2026
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year
visiting_dates
countries_visited
number_of_mps
number_of_officers
leder_of_delegation
unit
notes
2023
11-19 June, 2023
Brazil and Uruguay
9
4
Pralhad Joshi, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines
number_of_mps, number_of_officers in absolute number
2018
15th October, 2018 to 19th October, 2018
Italy and Germany
7
3
Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
number_of_mps, number_of_officers in absolute number
2017
29th May, 2017 to 6th June, 2017
Sweden, Norway and Israel
10
5
S.S. Ahluwalia, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Agriculture Farmers and Welfare
number_of_mps, number_of_officers in absolute number
2016
10th April to 20th April, 2016
Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia
9
4
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, MoS for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs
number_of_mps, number_of_officers in absolute number
2016
16th October, 2016 to 23rd October, 2016
Portugal and Spain
11
5
AnanthKumar, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Chemicals & Fertilizers
number_of_mps, number_of_officers in absolute number
The calendar year in which the delegation visit occurred.
visiting_dates
String
28
28
The specific dates or date range of the delegation's visit abroad.
countries_visited
String
27
28
The country or countries visited by the Indian parliamentary delegation.
number_of_mps
Int64
14
28
The number of Members of Parliament included in the delegation.
number_of_officers
Int64
4
28
The number of accompanying officers in the delegation.
leder_of_delegation
String
24
28
The name and title of the leader heading the delegation.
unit
String
1
28
The unit of measurement for the delegation counts, indicating absolute numbers of MPs and officers.
notes
String
1
0
Additional remarks or clarifications about the delegation visit.
Citation
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. (2026). Historical Data of Parliament: Year-wise Parliamentary Goodwill Delegations sent Abroad, since 1997 [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/36