How New OCI Notification Is Going To Impact Overseas Citizens Travel, Stay, And More
OCI citizens are of Indian origin, however, they are foreign passport holders and are not citizens of India. Representational Image Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-15T07:20:53+05:30 How New OCI Notification Is Going To Impact Overseas Citizens Travel, Stay, And More outlookindia.com 2021-03-15T07:23:06+05:30
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The notification issued by the Union Home Ministry last week is being described as the end of India s experiment with dual citizenship. However, there’s more to it and could have long-lasting impact on those holding Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards.
NRI Assamese stages hunger strike against China constructing dams in Guwahati
Dr. Ararti Baruah, an NRI (Non-Resident Indian) Assamese lady, staged a three-hour hunger strike at Dighalipukhuripar here on Thursday against China constructing dams in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra.
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GUWAHATI: Dr. Ararti Baruah, an NRI (Non-Resident Indian) Assamese lady, staged a three-hour hunger strike at Dighalipukhuripar here on Thursday against China constructing dams in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra.
Talking to the media, Dr. Baruah said, The dams being erected by China will invite problems for Assam in the days ahead. I want the government to intervene into the issue.
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OCI cardholders cannot undertake any ‘missionary, mountaineering, journalism and tabligh activities’ without prior permission of the GoI
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has reiterated through a gazette notification that Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cardholders can lay claim to “only NRI (Non Resident Indian) quota seats” in educational institutions based on all-India entrance tests such as National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), Joint Entrance Examination (Mains), Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) or other such all-India professional tests.
The notification also reproduced a part of the guidelines issued by the Ministry on November 15, 2019 regarding benefits to OCI cardholders, which said that OCIs are not entitled to undertake any “missionary, mountaineering, journalism and tabligh activities” without prior permission of the Government of India. The notification provides legal teeth to the guidelines.
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