Context: Recently,The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, with an aim to extend support to the foreign tourists who are stranded in India, has come up with a portal titled “Stranded in India”.

About ‘Stranded in India’ Portal

• It aims to act as a support network for foreign tourists stuck in various parts of the country.
• It provides Comprehensive information around COVID-19 helpline numbers or call-centers that the foreign tourists can reach out to for help.
• It gives variety of information around the Ministry of External Affairs control centers along with their contact information.
• It also provides information around state-based/regional tourism support infrastructure.
• Its Help Support section to extend help to the ones in need of further information and connect foreign tourists to concerned authorities.
• The website contains numbers for the COVID-19 helpline, the Bureau of Immigration, as well as information about the control centres set up by state and Union Territory administrations, which tourists can contact for assistance. 
• Separately, the website also allows the tourists to submit details of where they have travelled from and where they are currently stranded, for the ministry to reach out to them.
• Its website will be featured on the Tourism Website and prominent Ministry of Tourism channels.