The Punjab Government on Wednesday gave final touch to the blueprint to compile database of students from the State studying abroad on study visa.
The State NRI Affairs Minister Jathedar Tota Singh, giving nod to the blueprint, said that a fool proof mechanism would be developed to collect data of all students on study visa in all countries.
“This novel initiative has been taken to ensure safety of these students and to check their exploitation by travel agents, so-called students’ counselors and to provide them guidance regarding fake institute running abroad,” he said.
Singh instructed the senior department officials to collect all details of students studying in various countries so that these students could be provided help in any kind of crises situation.
The Minister said that online NRI grievance redressal system should be strengthened and complaints should be disposed of in time bound manner on fast track in a transparent way.
Minister said that he would monthly review the status of all NRI complaints and no complaints should be kept pending at any level otherwise the concerned officers would be held responsible.
The Minister asked the officials to keep a tight check on agents doing fraud with innocent people. “Additional Deputy Commissioners have been made nodal officers for redressing NRI matters at district level and they should be made accountable for disposing of NRI complaints in a time bound manner,” he added.
Singh said that he would soon meet Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to chalk out a strategy to hold Parvasi Punjab Divas in different zones such as Majha, Malwa and Doaba.