Memorandum presented to His Excellency Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, President of india
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| Pravasibandhu S.Ahamed and Kadakkal Ramesh presenting memorandum to President of India |
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| Pravasibandhu S.Ahamed and Kadakkal Ramesh presenting memento to President of India |
MEMORANDUM
To,
His Excellency
Sri. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
President of India
Rashtrapati Bhavan
New Delhi
His Excellency,
Sub:-
Rehabilitation of returned NRIs
There are more than three
million Keralites working in different countries including Middle East, USA,
Europe, Australia etc. These hardworking people have added extensively to the
foreign currency reserve of our nation. The influx of Keralites towards the
Middle East started nearly six decades ago, when poverty and unemployment was very
common in Kerala. Now there is atleast one member of a family in Kerala working
abroad, who is the main breadwinner of that family. The living standards of
Keralites, their food habits, their health situation, educational status and
residential concepts are totally changed.
During the last two decades
several Keralites came back from the gulf, either because they lost the job or
due to health problems. A good majority of them are living under very poor
financial situations. Many of them have crossed the age limit to enter into a
government job or they are not able to do any physical work because of ill
health. The number of returnees are increasing every year. This community has
contributed a lot for the social upliftment of our State. The State and Central
governments have a moral responsibility to lookafter the financially suffering
returnees. Now we have a Pravasi Department at the centre with a Cabinet Rank
Minister. In Kerala also there is a NORKA department under the Chief Minister
of Kerala. But no steps are so far taken to protect the interests of the
returnees either by Central Government or State Government.
Passengers from Kerala
travelling by Air India are facing several difficulties like high airfares and
misbehavior from the crew. We request His Excellency to advice Air India to
give more attention to the gulf bound passengers from Kerala.
Given below are some of our grievances :
1)
Rehabilitation of returned
NRIs in the State by creating job opportunities for them.
2)
Interest free loans for the
returnees to start small scale business.
3)
Financial assistance for
medical treatment for poor returnees.
4)
Financial assistance for the
educational expenses of children of returnees.
5)
Pension payment for all the
returnees who have completed 55 years.
6)
Pension payment for the
widows whose husbands died in the gulf or other countries.
7)
Voting rights for NRIs.
8)
Dual citizenship for the
NRIs with identification cards for the returned NRIs also.
9)
Reservation for government
jobs for the returned NRIs
10)
Relaxation of formalities
for bringing the body of those killed in foreign countries.
11)
Job security for those who
go to work in the Middle East.
12) Protection from harassment of sponsors towards women workers
who work abroad.
13) Relaxation of Emigration fees for those who get employment in
the Middle East.
14) More airline services from different destinations in Kerala to
the Middle East.
We request His Excellency
to present this memorandum to the Union Cabinet at the Centre and help the
returnees and NRI Community to come out of their problems.
We request His
Excellency to advice Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs to include our
organization also in the Committees and Boards formed by Central and State
Governments to discuss different aspects of rehabilitation of Gulf returnees.
Thanking you very
much in anticipation.
Yours
faithfully,
For Kerala State NRIs & Gulf
Returnees
Co-ordination Council
Kadakkal
Ramesh Dr.Cyriac
Maprayil S.
Ahamed
Vice Chairman Global
President, London Chairman
Mob:0091 9387801535 Mob: 9847131456
E-mail : kadakkalramesh@gmail.com
posted by Kadakkal Ramesh @ 5:48 PM
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