> > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:57:15 -0700 (PDT) > From: Eugene Correia <gene_corr...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [Goanet] fund for overseas indians > To: goa...@goanet.org > Message-ID: <785957.80256...@web112002.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Rs.16 mn fund for overseas Indian citizens in distress?? > > New Delhi: The government Thursday set up a Rs.1.6 crore (Rs.16 million) fund > for overseas Indian citizens in 18 countries who might find themselves in > distress. > The decision to create the India Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) was taken at a > cabinet meting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Information > and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters. > Under this, Indian missions in seven countries -- Qatar, United Arab Emirates > (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and Malaysia -- would annually be > provided Rs.15 lakh each "to meet contingency expenditure incurred by them > for carrying out various welfare activities for overseas Indian citizens who > are in distress, Soni said. > Missions in 11 other countries -- Libya, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan, Afghanistan, > Indonesia, Syria, Lebanon, Thailand, the Maldives and Iraq -- will annually > get Rs.500,000 each. > Response: And nothing for distressed Indian Citizens in Australia? Considering how the Indian Press have portrayed Oz I find it odd! Not one rupee for the Indian students?
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