Largest Diaspora, Economy, Technology Development and Transfer
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Largest Diaspora
US > Malaysia > Saudi > UAE
Economy
- $ 30 bn of remittances in 2010
- Highest in the world
- FDI
Technology Development and Transfer
- Cultural link
- World Leadership
GOI՚s Initiative for Diaspora
- Pravasi Bhartiya Divas
- Pravasi Bhartiya Samamn Award
- Indian Community Welfare Fund
- Overseas Citizenship of India scheme
- Know India Programme
- Study India Programme
- Scholarship Programmes for Diaspora Children
PIO University
Legal and Financial Assistance to Women Deserted by their Overseas Indian Spouses
Pravasi Bhartiya Divas
- 9th Jan every year since 2003
- Provide a platform to the overseas Indian community to engage with the government and people of the land of their ancestors for mutually beneficial activities
- Networking
PBSA
Is the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians
Indian Community Welfare Fund
- In 43 missions in countries that have a significant overseas Indian population
- Aimed at providing on site welfare services on a means tested basis in the most deserving cases
OCI Scheme
- Introduced in 2005 by amending the Citizenship Act 1955
- Provides for registration as OCI of all PIOs who were citizens of India on 26th Jan 1950 or thereafter or were eligible to become citizens of India on 26th Jan 1950 except who is or had been a citizen of Pakistan, Bangladesh, or such other country as the Central Govt may by notification specify
- OCI does not confer political rights
- Not entitled to the rights conferred on a citizen of India under Article 16 of the constitution
PIO University
- Would be established
- In 2011, government launched a web-based procedure of attesting employment contracts of Indian workers in the UAE to prevent exploitation by foreign employers