Saksham GoelAIR 27 · CSE 2021 · 241 wordsTheir whole copy
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As per World Migration Report 2020 India is the leading country of origin of international migration with 17.5 Million diaspora.
The remittances in 2018 amounted to $79 Billion (maximum in the world).
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Role of Indian Diaspora
(1) Strengthen 'Brand India'
- (a) Goodwill for Indians
- (b) Soft power -> Indian cuisine, yoga, Indian songs, Bollywood. (2) Secure Investment flows. (3) Indians in every country prove to be law-abiding residents / citizens contributing to the economy. (4) Prominent examples includes:- (a) Sanjay Gupta: CNN correspondent for medical issues (b) Hasan Minhaj: Prominent anchor comedian. (c) Kamala Harris: Vice President, USA (d) Rishi Sunak: Finance Minister, UK (e) Indra Nooyi, Sundar Pichai, etc (in business) as CEOs of MNCs (f) Abhijeet Banerjee (in academics)
Government efforts
(1) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Convention) (2) Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards (3) Global Pravasi Rishta Portal (4) VAIBHAV Summit (Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigyanik) (5) Know India Programme of Ministry of External Affairs (6) PMKVY Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (7) Community welfare Funds.
Protecting Interests of Indians
(1) Indian efforts in safeguarding Indians from Iraq-Syria crisis (2) Indian efforts to bring back Indians during COVID crisis (3) Twitter diplomatic outreach by the ministry itself.
Concerns and challenges
(1) Regulatory hurdle (2) limited interaction - limited to diaspora in USA, UK, - not including South Africa, South East Asia, etc.
Close · a summary
Indian Diaspora is the largest soft power asset with India in its pursuit of multi-track diplomacy.
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