Sources from Varanasi stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told overseas Indians that his government is making efforts to ease the processes concerning their social security, passport, visa and PIO and OCI cards and that work is on to issue chip based e-passports. Meanwhile when inaugurating this year’s Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the Indian Diaspora conclave, he said that the government’s endeavor was that overseas Indians should stay “happy and safe wherever they are”.
He said “The government is trying to ease the entire processes concerning your social security, passport, visa, Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Cards. We have taken a new step a few months back concerning overseas Indians. Our embassies and consulates are being connected to the Passport Seva Project worldwide”.
Moreover the Prime Minister said that along with passport, the rules related to visa were being simplified. Modi also urged Indians or people of Indian living abroad to contribute to the building of a new India and said that the changes that were coming in India were becoming new opportunities. Furthermore in this changing India, you can play a big role in research and development and innovation.
