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STANDING COMMITTEE 19 ON EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (2012-2013) FIFTEENTH LOK SABHA MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS DEMANDS FOR GRANTS (2013-2014) NINETEENTH REPORT LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI APRIL, 2013/VAISAKHA,1935 (Saka) NINETEENTH REPORT STANDING COMMITTEE ON EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (2012-2013) (FIFTEENTH LOK SABHA) DEMANDS FOR GRANTS (2013-2014) Presented to Lok Sabha on 26th April, 2013 Laid in Rajya Sabha on 29th April, 2013 LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI April, 2013/ Vaisakha, 1935 (Saka) COEA NO.103 Price : Rs. © 2013 By LOK SABHA SECRTARIAT Published under Rule 382 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (_________Edition) and Printed by _______________ CONTENTS Page COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (2012-2013)……………………. (iii) INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………… (iv) REPORT I. Background Analysis IMPLEMENTATION OF RRECOMENDATIONS COSNTAINED 1 IN THE 19TH REPORT (15TH LOK SABHA) ON DEMAND FOR GRANTS (2013-14) OF THE MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS II. Introductory 2 III. Overall Analysis of Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs for the year 2013-2014 3 A. Overall Budgetary proposals and Allocation 3 B. Revenue and Capital Section 8 C. External Affairs 13 D. Capital Outlay on Public Works 16 IV. Assessment of Schemes/Programmes of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs 21 P. Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojna 21 Q. Know Indian Programme (KIP) 24 R. Scholarship programme for Diaspora Children (SDPC) 26 S. Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre (OIFC) 30 T. Indian Centre for Migration 33 U. Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) 36 V. Human Resource Mobility Partnership (HRMP) 39 V. Miscellaneous X. Remittances 42 Y. NRI Investment 45 APPENDICES I. Minutes of the sitting of the Committee held on 10 April, 2013 48 II. Minutes of the sitting of the Committee held on 22 April, 2013 50 (i) COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (2012-2013) Sl. Name of Member No. 1. Shri Ananth Kumar - Chairman Lok Sabha 2. Shri Anto Antony 3. Shri Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary 4. Shri Bhudeo Choudhary 5. Shri Bhakta Charan Das 6. Shri Suresh Kalmadi 7. Shri Pradeep Kumar Majhi 8. Shri Jose K. Mani 9. Shri Gobinda Chandra Naskar 10. Shri Rakesh Pandey 11. Shri M.B. Rajesh 12. Shri J. Ramesh 13. Shri Rajendrasinh Rana 14. Shri Elangovan T.K.S. 15. Shri Francisco Sardinha 16. Dr. Bhola Singh 17. Shri Janardhana Swamy 18. Dr. Girija Vyas 19. Shri Sultan Ahmed * 20. Shri Inder Singh Namdhari @ 21. Vacant $ Rajya Sabha 22. Smt. Jaya Bachchan 23. Shri A.W. Rabi Bernard 24. Shri Murli Deora 25. Dr. Najma A. Heptulla 26. Shri Balbir Punj 27. Dr. K.P. Ramalingam 28. Dr. Karan Singh 29. Shri N.K. Singh 30. Shri D. P. Tripathi 31 Smt. Ambika Soni# SECRETARIAT 1. Shri U. S. Saxena - Joint Secretary 2. Dr. Ram Raj Rai - Director 3. Shri A. Sivanandam - Under Secretary 4. Shri Vikas Gachli - Executive Assistant ______________________________________________________________________ * Shri Manish Tewari ceased to be Member of the Committee consequent upon his appointment of as Minister of State w.e.f. 28.10.2012 and Shri Sultan Ahmed is nominated w.e.f. 13.12.2012. @ Dr. Shashi Tharoor ceased to be Member of the Committee consequent upon his appointment of as Minister of State w.e.f. 28.10.2012 and Shri Inder Singh Namdhari is nominated w.e.f. 13.12.2012 . $ Shri Nama Nageswara Rao ceased to be Member of the Committee consequent upon change of nomination to Committee on Commerce w.e.f. 13.12.2012. # Smt. Ambika Soni has been nominated to the Committee vice Dr. M. S. Gill who has been nominated to the Committee on Urban Development w.e.f. 27th December, 2012. INTRODUCTION I, the Chairman of the Standing Committee on External Affairs having been authorized by the Committee to present the Report on their behalf, present this Nineteenth Report of the Standing Committee on External Affairs (2012-2013) on Demands for Grants (2013-2014) of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. 2. The Committee heard the views of the representatives of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs at the sitting held on 10th April, 2012. 3. The Committee wish to express their thanks to the officers of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and others for placing before them the material and information that the Committee desired and also appearing before the Committee for placing their considered views before them in connection with the examination of Demands for Grants (2013-14). 4. The Report was considered and adopted by the Committee at their sitting held on 22nd April, 2013. 5. The Minutes of the sittings of the Committee held on 10th April, 2013 and 22nd April, 2013 are given in Appendix-I and II to the Report. 6. For facility of reference, the observations/recommendations of the Committee have been printed in bold letters in the Report. NEW DELHI ANANTH KUMAR, 22nd April, 2013 Chairman, 2 Vaisakha, 1935 (Saka) Standing Committee on External Affairs (iv) CHAPTER- I BACKGROUND ANALYSIS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE THIRTEENTH REPORT (15TH LOK SABHA) ON DEMANDS FOR GRANTS (2012-13) OF THE MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS The 13th Report of the Standing Committee on External Affairs on Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs for the year 2012-13 was presented to the Lok Sabha on 8th May, 2012 and laid in the Rajya Sabha on the same day. The Report contained 16 recommendations/observations. 1.2 The Action Taken Replies on the Recommendations contained in the 13th Report (15th Lok Sabha) have been received from the Ministry and the Action Taken Report on the same has been prepared. 1.3 On the basis of Action Taken Replies received from the Ministry of overseas Indian Affairs on the 13th Report, the Committee presented their 18th Report (Action Taken Report) to the Parliament on 14th March, 2013. The Committee in its 18th report has commented on the action taken replies furnished by the Ministry in respect of recommendations Nos. 1,4,5,6,7,9,11,15, and 16 contained in the 18th Report. The final replies as and when received from the Ministry will be laid in Parliament. 1 CHAPTER - II INTORDUCTORY The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) aspire to be a one- stop address for Overseas Indians. Established in May, 2004 as the „Ministry of Non-Resident Indians‟ Affairs, it was renamed as the „Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs‟ (MOIA) in September, 2004. The Emigration Division of the Ministry of Labour and Employment was attached to the new Ministry in December 2004 and now functions as the Emigration Services Division which also has within it the Protectorate General of Emigrants (PGE). The erstwhile NRI Division of the Ministry of External Affairs now functions as the Diaspora Division in the Ministry. 2.2 The MOIA is the nodal Ministry for all matters relating to Overseas Indians, comprising Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI). India‟s engagement with its overseas community has been mainstreamed with the establishment of MOIA. Its Mission is to establish a robust and vibrant institutional framework to facilitate and support mutually beneficial networks with and among Overseas Indians to maximise the development impact for India and enable Overseas Indians to invest in and benefit from the opportunities in India. In accomplishing this mission, the Ministry is guided by four key policy imperatives: (i) Offer customised solutions to meet the varied expectations of the Overseas Indian Community. (ii) To bring a strategic dimension to India‟s engagement with its Diaspora. (iii) Tap the investible diasporic community in terms of knowledge and resources in diversified economic, social and cultural areas. (iv) Anchor diasporic initiatives in the States. 2 CHAPTER –III REPORT OVERALL ANALYSIS OF DEMANDS FOR GRANTS OF THE MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS FOR THE YEAR 2013-2014 A. Overall Budgetary proposals and allocation The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs was established in September, 2004 as a nodal Ministry for all matters relating to Overseas Indians. The Demand for Grants of the Ministry for the year 2013-14 were laid on the table on the March 20, 2013. The Budget of the Ministry has traditionally been on the non-plan side. 3.2 The demands vis-à-vis allocation of funds made and its actual utilization by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has been discussed in details in succeeding paragraphs:- 3.3 The following table shows the overall budgetary Allocation made for the MOIA during the last five years along with RE for the respective years and actual and percentage of utilization of RE:- (Rs. In Crores) 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 BE 65 80 81 81 114.77 RE 45 60 73 81 85 Actual 45 56.23 67.87 77.49 49.99* % of 100 93.71 92.97 95.67 - RE 58.81%* * Actual expenditure up to December 31, 2012. 3 3.4 The BE for the year 2013-14 is Rs. 115.79 crores. The actual allocation made at BE 2013-14 as against each Head is as under:- (Rs. In Crores) Major Head Allocation 2052 Secretariat General 28.91 crores 2061 External Affairs 66.88 crores 4059 Capital Outlay on 20.00 crores Public Works Total 115.79 crores 3.5 It may be observed from the above table that during all these years except during 2008-09, every year, BE was revised downwards and actual utilization was even lower than RE. 3.6 When the Committee asked about the details of fund utilization during the each quarter of the year 2012-13.
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    (-^ C EA SVA. —rcf) MOST IMMEDIATE No. 1/34/l/2006-Cab. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) CABINET SECRETARIAT (MANTRIMANDAL SACHIVALAYA) th New Delhi, the 29 Janua!y, 2006 9 Magha, 1927 (S) 9th -41 The undersigned is directed to say that with effect from the 2 January, 2006, the following Ministers were sworn in by the President at 1200 hours on 9th Sunday, the 2 January, 2006, in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi -.- Cabinet Ministers 1 . Shri Sushil Kumar Sh'inde. 2. Shri A.R. Antulay. 3. Shri Vayalar Ravi. 4. Shri Murli Deora. 5. Smt. Ambika Soni. 6. Prof. Saifuddin Soz. 7. Shri Shibu Soren. 8. Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev. 9. Shri Prern Chand Gupta. 10 Shri Kapil Sibal. Ministers of State (independent charge) =1 1 . Shri G.K. Vasan. Minister of State 1 . Shri Pavan Kumar Bansal. 2. Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy 3. Shri Anand Sharma. 4. Shri Ajay Maken. 5. Shri M.M. Pallam Raju. 6. Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu. 7. Dr. Akhilesh Das. 8. Shri Jairarn Ramesh. 9. Shri Ashwani Kumar. 10 Smt. D. Purandareswari. 11 Shri Dinsha J. Patel. -.A, (K.L. 1' 11 Sha^ma) for Cabinet Secretary Tele : 2301 5802 To All Members of the Council of Ministers. Copy forwarded for information to Deputy Chairman and Members of the Planning Commission. (K.L. S ^rmaT for Cabinet Secretary *BBB* .... 2 325 Copies. 6 -2 - Copy forwarded for information to:- Secretary to the President. Secretary to the Vice-President. L1___ L" (K.L. S6rfi-a) Deputy Secretary (Cabinet) Copy also forwarded for information to Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.