Individual complaints and grievances of Non-Resident Indians from Punjab on different issues or matters would henceforth be addressed within 15 days.
Announcing this, the Punjab Government on Friday constituted a four-member committee headed by NRIs Affairs Minister Tota Singh to address issues of land disputes and ‘girdawari’ (record of land cultivation) within the stipulated period.
“Punjab Government has constituted a four members panel under the chairmanship of NRIs Affairs Minister to address the issues pertaining to Punjabi Diaspora whether land, PO or other issues with a deadline of 15 days to put a detailed report in this regard,” said an official spokesperson.
He said that the State has formulated a plan to resolve the issues of Punjabi Diaspora within a stipulated time frame and the formation of this committee was also part of plan.
“Advisor to the Chief Minister Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal, Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) Karan A Singh, Commissioner
NRI’s Affairs B Purushartha and Additional Chief Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister Manvesh Singh would be the member of the committee.
“The Committee would submit its report of the problems faced by the NRIs of the issues of land dispute, land vision and girdawari,” he said.
Spokesperson said that special courts for NRI’s at Jalandhar has already set up to save the precious time of NRI’s and provide justice in time bound manner and it could also encourage the NRI’s to invest in Punjab.