VAJIRAM & RAVI

Institute for IAS Examination

Indian
Diaspora
What is Diaspora?
Diaspora is a community of people from the same homeland
who have migrated to other lands due to economic or
political reasons.

Classifications of Diaspora

Non-Resident Indian (NRI)

Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)

People of Indian Origin (PIOs)

The government of India merged the PIO

under the OCI programme in 2015.
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UN Int. Migration Report, 2020

RBI Survey, 2021
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OF REMITTANCES

KNOMAD, WORLD BANK

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Around KUWAIT

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UAE

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India’s Policy
Towards Diaspora

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

To celebrate the contributions of the
Indian Diaspora and provide a platform
to connect with each other and with
India.

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award

It is the highest honour started in 2003, conferred
on NRIs, a PIO, or an organisation or institution
established and run by them.

Pravasi Bhartiya Bima Yojana 2006

It is a mandatory insurance scheme aimed at safeguarding the
interests of Indian emigrant workers falling under the
Emigration Check Required (ECR) category going for overseas
employment to ECR countries.

Tracing the Roots

To facilitate PIOs in tracing their roots in India.

Social security agreements

with numerous foreign nations to safeguard the Indian
community in those nations.
Voting rights for citizens abroad
It was through the Representation of
the People (Amendment) Act of 2010,
that eligible NRIs were allowed to vote.

Indian Community Welfare Fund

To provide financial assistance to Indian nationals
in distress overseas.

Know India Program

It aims to familiarise the young Indian Diaspora (aged between
18-30 years) with their Indian roots and contemporary India.

'Madad” Portal
for online lodging of the grievances of the emigrants.

Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana

promotes the growth and engagement of youth targeting
employment overseas.