Non Resident Indians

Supreme Court gives Centre, 25 states four more weeks to respond to plea seeking online RTI portals

Supreme Court on Monday gave four more weeks to the Centre and 25 states to file responses on a plea seeking directions for setting up online RTI portals.

Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: 93.9% NRIs in US support Narendra Modi's re-election, give thumbs up to Sushma Swaraj's ministry, finds survey

Non-Resident Indians living in the US overwhelmingly supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi's re-election in the recently-concluded general elections and gave a near-perfect score to the Ministry of External Affairs for addressing their issues, according to a survey.

Sushma Swaraj says over two lakh stranded NRIs were brought back to India since 2014

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said over two lakh stranded non-resident Indians were brought back to India in the last four-and-a-half years.

Centre revokes passports of 25 NRI men who deserted wives in India; look-out circulars issued against 17 people

The Indian government has revoked the passports of 25 men living abroad for abandoning their spouses in India, a Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) official said on Friday.

SEBI to review proposed new norms for foreign investors, will take into account views of all stakeholders

SEBI said it is "preposterous and highly irresponsible" to claim that $75 billion will move out of India because of Sebi's circular issued in April 2018.

NRI marriages need to be registered within seven days, says Ministry of Women and Child Development

All NRI marriages solemnised in India would need to be registered within seven days, the Ministry of Women and Child Development said on Thursday.

Winter Session of Parliament: Draft bill allowing overseas Indians to appoint proxy voters introduced in Lok Sabha

A bill seeking to extend the facility of proxy voting to overseas Indians, on the lines of service voters, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

Winter Session of Parliament: Govt to table bill to allow NRIs to vote through postal or e-ballots

KK Venugopal told the court that NRIs could not be allowed to vote by merely changing the rules made under the Representation of People Act and a Bill was needed to be introduced in Parliament to amend the Act itself to grant the voting rights

PPF, NSC accounts to be closed before maturity if holders change status to NRIs

NRIs are not allowed in instruments like the National Savings Certificates, Public Provident Fund, Monthly Income Schemes and other time deposits offered by the post office.

Adoption body CARA plans to set up portal to help NRI parents track application status

The central adoption body CARA is planning to set up a portal to help prospective parents from outside India track the status of their applications instead of relying solely on their country's authorised agency.