After a review meeting with NRI Affairs Department Punjab, NRI Commission, and NRI Sabha, Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that issues and complaints of NRI Punjabis will be resolved promptly as well as on-the-spot during these meetings
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has planned to hold five programmes called ‘NRI Punjabiyan Nal Milni’ to listen to grievances of the Punjabi Diaspora and deal promptly with them. These will be held at Jalandhar, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Ludhiana, Moga and Amritsar on December 16, 19, 23, 26 and 30, respectively, reported ANI.
After a review meeting with NRI Affairs Department Punjab, NRI Commission, and NRI Sabha, Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that issues and complaints of NRI Punjabis will be resolved promptly as well as on-the-spot during these meetings, said a press release. He added that issues of NRIs belonging to Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, SBS Nagar and Kapurthala would be heard and resolved during a meeting on December 16 at Jalandhar. Similarly, the programme to be held at SAS Nagar on December 19 during which matters of Punjabi Diaspora belonging to SAS Nagar, Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala districts will be resolved during the NRI Punjabiyan Nal Milni spot, added the statement.
The Cabinet Minister further said that during the programme at Ludhiana on December 23, issues of NRIs of Ludhiana, Sangrur, Barnala and Malerkotla will be resolved. He said that during a programme at Moga and Amritsar on December 26 and 30 issues related to Moga, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Mukatsar, Fazilka, Bathinda, Mansa and Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Tarn Taran districts will be covered. Dhaliwal said that the basic facilities at the 15 NRI police stations will be improved. “Rs. 2 lakh will be given to every NRI Police Station and a total of Rs. 30 lakh will be released soon,” he added.
“Punjab government was encouraging NRIs to invest in Punjab to boost the economy and the Punjab government was in favour of extending the right to them. He said that this was the right as well as the moral responsibility of every person to contribute to the progress of his native state and country.”
— Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Punjab NRI Affairs Minister
The Minister said that PCS Level officers will be deputed as nodal officers, who will resolve the issues and complaints of the concerned with the support of the district administration. He said that the State Government was committed to addressing the problems of the Punjabi Diaspora living across the globe.
He said that the concerned Deputy Commissioner and SSP will be coordinated after any case came in light and immediately gave instructions to the concerned department in this regard. Dhaliwal further said that the issue will be taken up with the Union Government to extend rights to NRI Punjabis to buy agricultural land in Punjab.
Raising the question why a migrant Punjabi cannot buy land, when he can sell the same in Punjab, the Minister said that 50 per cent of cases of NRIs were related to marriage disputes, while 20 per cent were related to property.
He said that the Punjab government was encouraging NRIs to invest in Punjab to boost the economy and the Punjab government was in favour of extending the right to them. He said that this was the right as well as the moral responsibility of every person to contribute to the progress of his native state and country.
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