UPDATE
Vayalar Ravi inaugurating
a NRI session in Chandigarh
(focusing on Punjab) on Jan 14
Chandigarh, Jan 07, 2007
Col Balbir Singh
After two days NRI Punjabi Sammelan on January 05 and 06, minister
for overseas Indian affairs Vayalar Ravi will inaugurate another
high-profile event on Jan 14 " Indian Diaspora: Migration
and Development" and opportunity to consolidate and review
the proposals emerging out the two-day NRI Sammelan.
- It is very clear that the focus would be on Punjab, which
is in urgent need of a new outlook to meet the expectations
of NRIs.
- There would be a discussion on Punjab government's policies
and procedures towards building a relationship with NRIs.
Vijender Jain, the chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court
and other speakers will discuss:
- Issues like illegal migration, NRI marriages, forced marriages,
proxy marriages, custody of children and senior citizens.
- Can the NRI be a strategic asset in the economic and social
prosperity of Punjab?
Whatever we call: complete inactivity or stagnation of state's
finances and the chief minister going full steam in inviting FDI
for infrastructure development.
The debate is likely to suggest ways and means to come out of
the situation
