Jaipur, January 8 : Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today announced a special programme under which the state government will fund 90 per cent of the travel of young Non-Resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin coming to the state once a year. Rajasthan will also bear the cost of local transport ...

Ladies and Gentlemen, My Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has come of age. In the last few years we have taken several initiatives to respond to the needs of NRI and PIOs across the world. Some of these initiatives are now being emulated, by other countries with large overseas populations. Let me ...

Jaipur, January 8: Interactive sessions to attract young entrepreneurs and enrich the experience of Pravasi youth will be held in Jaipur on Monday as part of Pravasiya Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2012. A session was also held on the same topic yesterday. Earlier, Saturday's session has been organised at the special request of ...

Following is the text of the speech of Dr. C.P. Joshi, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways delivered at Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2012 at Jaipur today : “ It gives me immense pleasure to be amongst you at the inauguration of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2012. It is a very ...

Jaipur, January 8: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is addressing the delegates on the second day of the 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Jaipur. Singh is addressing nearly 1,500 delegates from 54 countries that include top government functionaries and officials at the Birla auditorium in the 'pink city'. The three-day conference was kicked off by the ...

Jaipur, January 7: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Saturday met Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Prasad Bissesar, the chief guest at the Pravasi Bharati Divas, being held here Jan 7-9. During the discussion at Hotel Rambagh Palace, Bissesar informed Gehlot that oil and natural gas sector plays a vital role in ...

Jaipur, January 7: The Indian government Saturday launched a special pension and life insurance scheme that would benefit over 5 million unskilled and semi-skilled workers employed overseas mostly in Gulf countries on temporary contract visas. The government has created a special fund called Pension and Life Insurance Fund which will be used ...

Jaipur, January 7: India Saturday asked its 30 million strong diaspora spread across over 130 countries to contribute in the development of healthcare, energy and infrastructure sector. Almost 1,500 non-resident Indians and persons of Indian origin from 54 countries have gathered here on the occasion of the 10th annual diaspora meet, the ...

New Delhi, January 7: The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has urged the overseas Indian medical Professionals to partner in building institutions in India, especially in areas where the shortage of professionals is most acute. Azad was inaugurating the Health conference at the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2012 ...