Punjab NRI Sabha guarantees Complete Support to Govt for NRIs Welfare

Kamaljit Singh, the Newly elected President of NRI Sabha Punjab called
Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal at his residence on Tuesday morning and
assured full support and cooperation to the state government for the
welfare of the NRIs.

During his discussion with the CM, Kamaljit Singh appreciated Badal
for organizing 2-day Punjabi NRI Sammelan at Chandigarh and Jalandhar
on January 5 and 6 that evoked an over whelming response from the Punjabis
NRIs settled across the globe.

Badal assured the President NRI Sabha Punjab that the SAD-BJP Government
had already taken path breaking initiatives for welfare of NRIs comprising
setting up of NRI Police Stations in six districts of Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur,
Kapurthala, Nawanshahar, Moga and Ludhiana for the quick disposal of
cases involving NRIs and constituting a high powered committee headed
by the director general of Police to review the cases of NRIs who had
been declared proclaimed offenders or absconders.

An NRI Advisory Board consisting of 11 members would be soon constituted.
The State Government had also decided to enhance its share from 50%
to 75% thereby now revising it as 75:25 basis instead of the existing
50:50 for the implementation of development schemes in the native villages
of NRIs.

He pointed out that two Fast Track Courts at Jalandhar and Ludhiana
would be set up to settle dispute of civil matters of NRIs. The State
government had also set up an NRI Facilitation Centre at Punjab Bhawan,
New Delhi for facilitating and coordinating the matters relating to
NRIs. An office would be opened near Amritsar airport for NRIs for assistance
and an office would also be opened at Jalandhar for NRIs Guidance, added
Badal.

The Chief Minister asked Kamaljit Singh to gear up the NRIs Sabha Punjab
to play a pro-active role to bridge the communication gap between the
state government and the Punjabis settled across the globe.

The President of NRI Sabha assured Badal that the Sabha would actively
involved the NRIs in the process of overall development and progress
in the state besides motivating them to make huge investments in Punjab
as it was now fastly emerging as the ‘most preferred investment destination’
in the world.

Photo: Port Blair, Andamans, Sea bridge by Vyacheslav Argenberg, licensed under CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.