Non resident Indians residing in the UAE and Kuwait would henceforth be protected by agreements signed between the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and the respective governments.
MOUs signed with the governments of Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates
had agreed to establish dispute resolution committees to protect the interests
of Indians employed on contract there.
Cases would be reviewed on a half-yearly
basis to sort out issues faced by NRIs in these Gulf states.
The Ministry has already initiated the process of having similar
agreements with other countries in the region.
As reported earlier, the proposal for a NRI university is also
under consideration - an evaluation committee would shortly scrutinize the 4 proposals the centre has received from the states.
