The High Level Committee on the Indian Diaspora

Date Shared:

Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 17:30

Title:

The High Level Committee on the Indian Diaspora

Countries and areas:

India

Partner(s):

National Government of India

Thematic Area:

Data and research, Diasporas, Policy coherence and mainstreaming

Tags:

Policy Coherence, Capacity Building, Data and Research, Diaspora Empowerment and Engagement, Mainstreaming Migration into Development Planning

Summary:

The Indian government, tasked a High Level Committee on the Indian Diaspora to analyze the location, situation and potential development role of the estimated 20 million non-resident Indians (NRI's) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO's).

The information resulting from this two-year exercise led to a new direction in diaspora policy, including the creation of a Ministry for Overseas Indian Affairs in 2004.

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2009 - Roundtable 1.2 "Engaging diasporas and migrants in development policies and programs—Their role? Their constraints?"

Link:

For more information:

http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/contents.htm