India to set up special diplomatic cells to provide diplomatic, financial,legal and medical aid to the Indians living in abroad.
The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs plans to set up Overseas Indian Centres in Dubai, Kuala Lampur,Washington D.C
The centre in Dubai will look after the problems of all overseas workers living in Gulf countries in and around Dubai.
The centre in Malaysia will look after the overseas Indians at Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar and Thailand.
The centre to be located in Washington D.C will attend to the problems of Indians at US and Canada.
The need for establishing such centres at the Indian MIssions located in the respective centres arose mainly because, the Indian workers who goes to abroad to the above said countries often cheated and exploited by the fraudulent contractors and agents.Hence, the Indian government has decided to set up the cells to be located in the respective centres mentioned above.
The above said proposal is a welcome and timely step taken by the Indian Government and is a boon to the hapless Indian workers living abroad.