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The department was formed in an attempt to strengthen the relationship between the NRKs and the Government of Kerala and to improve the administrative framework. [1] The field agency of NORKA is known as the NORKA Roots , which was set up in 2002 to act as an interface between the NRKs and the Government of Kerala. [ 2 ]
The app is aimed at all citizens of India and offers hundreds of services including payment, registration, information search and application forms. [3] It is a component of the Digital India initiative, intending to make government services available to the general public online and around the clock.
Persons with OCI status are known as Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs). [27] The OCI status is a permanent visa for visiting India with a foreign passport. According to the Ministry of External Affairs report updated on 26 November 2024, there are 35.4 million non-resident Indians (NRIs) and People of Indian Origins (PIOs) (including OCIs ...
The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (Overseas Indian Award) is the highest Indian award for Overseas Indians or an organisation or institution established and run by Overseas Indian diaspora, constituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India in conjunction with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Overseas Indian Day), to honour exceptional and meritorious contribution in their ...
The Kerala Governor administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new members. In December 2023, the Kerala Cabinet underwent a reshuffle as part of a mutual agreement among member parties. The reshuffling is in accordance with a pre-election agreement within the Left Democratic Front (LDF) coalition.
Universal birth registration is enshrined in international human rights through the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 7). Civil Registration is a driver for accessing fundamental rights. Besides establishing a person’s legal identity from birth, such as name and date of birth, it also establishes legal family relations.
The Constitution of India does not permit dual citizenship (under Article 9). Indian authorities have interpreted the law to mean that a person cannot have a second country's passport simultaneously with an Indian one — even in the case of a child who is claimed by another country as a citizen of that country, and who may be required by the laws of the other country to use one of its ...
The Loka Kerala Sabha (LKS) was also formulated later, an event hosted every two years under NORKA to bring all the Keralites living across the globe under a common platform. This event aims at attracting the Non-Residents of Kerala to invest back in their homeland and thereby leading to the overall economic development of Kerala.