Tuesday, 9 February 2016

MEA to handle all NRI affairs, except investment


The merger of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) will see all issues, except investment promotion — including foreign direct investment — by non-resident Indians, get assigned to the foreign ministry.

The decision followed Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar’s reiteration that emigrant related issues would be “best looked after by a single organisation”.

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