The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has established two Overseas Indian Centres (OIC) in Washington DC in United States of America (USA), and Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Duties being performed by both centres are as follows:
OIC, Washington
i. Publicizing Diaspora Schemes like Know India Programme / Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children.
ii. Recommending, if required, the names of persons interested in participating in schemes to Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
iii. Interactions with Indian Community Association.
iv. Works related to Overseas Citizens of India/Person of Indian Origin cards
OIC, Abu Dhabi
i. Attestation of employment contracts.
ii. Managing Indian Workers Resource Centre (IWRC)
iii. Maintenance and operation of Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) to provide financial assistance to distressed Indians in need.
iv. Visit jails, hospitals, immigration authorities, labour authorities, police stations and liaison with the concerned local authorities for effectively redressing grievances of Indians.
v. Constant and regular interactions with various social and cultural Indian Community organizations and taking up their cause with the local authorities.
vi. Follow up with concerned authorities for payment of end-of service benefits, death compensation and Diya Money.
vii. Taking up issues of families back home of Indian residents in UAE with the concerned authorities in India.
|
24 July 2014
Overseas Indian Centres
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Featured post
UKPCS2012 FINAL RESULT SAMVEG IAS DEHRADUN
Heartfelt congratulations to all my dear student .this was outstanding performance .this was possible due to ...
-
The performance of the manufacturing sector, in terms of its annual growth, has been fluctuating during the last 1...
-
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme to Resurrect Women Pride Educate a man, you educate one person; educate a woman , you educate a complete ...
-
Indian research was deeply influenced by the knowledge of foreign works on the subject, and in turn, Indian maths influenced mathematical...
-
Who should get government welfare benefits? A data interactive shows the state-level picture if govt makes the recently released numbers...
-
Time to nuke the storm in the teacup It is time for India to undertake a comprehensive review of its nuclear doctrine and kill the unnec...
-
The road to Rashtrapati Bhavan Here’s a look at what the process involves to elect India’s next president Presidential elections are du...
-
NITI completes 100 days on 11 th April, 2015. The last three months have been tremendous for the institution: from its inception as...
-
Narendra Modi’s Israel visit: The view from Arab palaces That no Arab state has voiced displeasure to the announcement of Narendra Modi’...
-
For the first time, India will allow nearly 15% of universities to offer online degrees allowing students and executives to learn anywhere...
-
RBI at risk of losing autonomy? FSLRC draft gives the centre the right to appoint 4 out of 7 monetary policy committee members, and take...
No comments:
Post a Comment