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Govt to set up Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra
New Delhi, Jan 09: In a bid to forge a `permanent` bond between the country and the diaspora spread across the world, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today announced setting up of a Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra with an initial government grant of Rs 25 crore.
New Delhi, Jan 09: In a bid to forge a "permanent"
bond between the country and the diaspora spread across the
world, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today announced
setting up of a Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra with an initial
government grant of Rs 25 crore.
"On the recommendations of the high powered committee
headed by L M Singhvi, a Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra would be set
up in the capital with a government grant of Rs 25 crore,"
Vajpayee said at the Pravasi Bhartiya Sammelan here.
The Centre would be an autonomous body that will look
after various needs of PIOs/NRIs.
The Prime Minister also said that it was essential that
the young PIOs were exposed to the land of their forefathers.
Bureau Report