State contemplates special courts for Punjabi diaspora - DEPUTY CM TO PRESIDE OVER MEETING TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF NRIS TODAY
Tuesday, 19/05/2015
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Chandigarh : Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Tota Singh said here on Monday that Punjab would soon have more special courts exclusively for Punjabi diaspora to redress their issues as the special court, which had been established at Jalandhar, has proved a boon for NRIs. Disclosing this, here, the minister said that the Punjab government was contemplating to establish more special courts for the NRIs to be set-up in different districts of the state.
He said that the state was fully committed to resolve the issues pertaining to Punjabi Diaspora by taking such steps. He said that Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was personally reviewing the status of welfare initiatives being taken for the facilitation of Punjabi diaspora. The minister informed that Punjab was also contemplating to bring amendments in land records manual and Land Revenue Act to simplify the procedure of partition of land. He said that the issue of NRIs as proclaimed offender in various offences would also be taken with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister so that needful steps could be initiated in this regard. He said that the issue of girdawaris or revenue assessment of land of NRIs will also be discussed to facilitate Punjabi diaspora by issuing necessary instructions to district revenue officials. The NRIs Affairs minister said that a meeting to discuss issues of Punjabi Diaspora would be presided over by the Deputy Chief Minister on Tuesday.
