Updated: Share Article AAA The NORKA Pravasi Start-up Scheme has supported 4,179 expatriate entrepreneurs in the last five years and the government is extending ₹220.37 crore for start-up projects initiated by Non-Resident Keralites who have returned to the State. In 2019-20, 1,043 NoRKs who returned realised their entrepreneurial dreams using the Pravasi Startup Scheme and ₹53.40 crore was sanctioned. A joint venture between NORKA and the Kerala Start-up Mission to create self-employment opportunities for NoRKs who return and wish to embark on a new journey as entrepreneurs, the project aims at rehabilitating expatriates who can contribute to the economic development as per their professional skills.