Kochi: The NRIs' complaint regarding shortage of staff in Indian missions will be taken up with the ministry of external affairs, minister for overseas Indian affairs Vayalar Ravi said here on Thursday.
The minister made the assurance at a press conference held as a sequel to the 11th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the NRI conclave, which concluded a day ago.
Ravi said inter-ministerial consultations would be held to follow-up the suggestions, made at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas meet, for the welfare of the NRIs. Involvement of the ministries of home, external affairs, law and civil aviation would be required to implement some of the suggestions.
Measures would be taken to ensure the participation of chief ministers in the next edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. "The chief ministers missed an opportunity to showcase their states to prospective NRI investors,'' Ravi said.
10/01/13 Times of India
