Context: Under India’s massive repatriation mission named as `Vande Bharat Mission’, almost 15,000 are expected to be brought back in the first 14 days onboard the Indian Navy ships and national airlines Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express. 
Key Points

• India has formally launched the largest repatriation programme ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ which not only looks into bringing back Indian nationals but also those NRIs who want to return to their respective countries where they have family, jobs, etc. 
• The Ministry of External Affairs is also focused on rehabilitation of those Indian nationals who have been rendered unemployed.
• "A very large number of people who are returning from the Gulf are actually workers, many of whom have lost their jobs. 
• It is one of the largest evacuation exercises since the 1990 Kuwait airlift.

About Vande Bharat Mission

• India will operate 10 flights to the UAE, seven flights each to the US and the UK, five flights to Saudi Arabia, five flights to Singapore and two flights to Qatar to repatriate Indian nationals.
• India will also operate seven flights each to Malaysia and Bangladesh, five flights each to Kuwait and Philippines, two flights each to Oman and Bahrain.
• The maximum number of flights (15) will be sent from Kerala, 11 each for Delhi-NCR and Tamil Nadu, seven for Maharashtra and Telangana, five for Gujarat, three each for Jammu and Kashmir and Karnataka and one each for Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
• The national carrier Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express will operate 64 flights for seven days to carry out the evacuation.
• The passengers will be charged Rs 50,000 each for London-Delhi/Mumbai/Ahmedabad/Bangalore flights and Rs 12,000 for Dhaka-Delhi flight.
• Only asymptomatic passengers would be allowed to travel.
• The passengers will also have to sign an undertaking to go into 14-day quarantine on arrival in India.