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The High Level Committee on the Indian Diaspora

Date Shared: 
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 17:30
Countries and areas: 
India
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels: 
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Targets that could benefit from the potential of migration and migrants
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas: 
Objective 19: Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries
Contributors: 
Member States
Chairmanship: 
Greece 2009
Geographical Relevance: 
National
Tags: 
Policy Coherence, Capacity Building, Data and Research, Diaspora Empowerment and Engagement, Mainstreaming Migration into Development Planning
Summary: 

The Indian government, tasked a High Level Committee on the Indian Diaspora to analyze the location, situation and potential development role of the estimated 20 million non-resident Indians (NRI's) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO's).

The information resulting from this two-year exercise led to a new direction in diaspora policy, including the creation of a Ministry for Overseas Indian Affairs in 2004.

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GFMD Source: 

GFMD 2009 - Roundtable 1.2 "Engaging diasporas and migrants in development policies and programs—Their role? Their constraints?"