ABSTRACT
Indian nationals comprise the largest group of non-nationals in Kuwait. At the end of 2012, 692,525 Indians were residing in the country on some sort of legal visa, constituting about 18 per cent of the total population (3,823,728) of the country.1 A majority (84.5 per cent) of the Indian residents were on a work visa, while 13.4 per cent were dependents of the working persons, mainly wives and children (Table 11.1). In terms of the duration for which Indian nationals have been residing in Kuwait, censuses and demographic surveys do not usually provide such information. Observation of the Indian community indicates, however, that several Indians have resided in Kuwait for many years, bearing children in the country and raising a secondgeneration here.2
