Dear Netters ? Times of India brought me the following news of great interest to us NRIs (this evening 13 July 2011). bhuban ? ??? DUBAI-BASED NRI FILES APPLICATION UNDER THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION
DUBAI: A Dubai-based Indian driver has filed an application under the Right to
Information ( RTI) act to find out about the exact number of overseas Indians
and the state of their welfare.
Kamaruddin Valiyavalappil has taken this step after his earlier bids to seek
information were denied.
According to a news report, the court ordered the concerned authorities to
furnish the information within six months, which Kamaruddin alleges was never
acted upon, forcing him to sue them in the Kerala High Court.
The driver who works for a company based in UAE's Jebel Ali and has been in the
Gulf for over two decades says he is ready with a charter of rights including
declaring an expatriate policy in tune with the Indian Constitution, ensure
voting right for all NRIs, reserve seats in the Indian Parliament and
assemblies for NRIs.
Using the platform of the Federation of NRIs, Kamaruddin has now designed
detailed welfare charter for overseas Indians demanding more rights and respect
for those who contribute to the economy through their remittances which run
into billions every month, the Emirates 24/7 report said.
Before approaching the Kerala High Court, he also wrote to the Prime Minister,
including his charter of demands for expatriate welfare, but found no response.
The annual remittances by Indian expatriates is several times the total defence
budget or education budget and remittances by overseas Keralites exceed the
total Central Assistance to the State, he stated in a memorandum submitted to
Dr Manmohan Singh in January 2009.
His charter of demands includes, among others, rehabilitation and
implementation of welfare measures for expatriates returning home due to job
loss.
His law suit calls for action against the Indian Government, represented by the
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, Kerala State Government represented by Chief
Secretary, Minister of Overseas Affairs, Vayalar Ravi, and other concerned
officials, who according to him, have not responded to the Kerala High Court's
directive to provide him vital information that he requested as per the Right
to Information Act.
"Since they are supposed to give details to an Indian citizen, I approached the
Kerala High Court. I have been spending part of my regular salary to fight this
legal battle, which is for the welfare of my fellow overseas Indians," he was
quoted as saying.
Few resources are allocated for overseas Indian welfare in successive Central
Government budgets, he argued, criticising the political parties and religious
groups that neglect NRI issues.
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