The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

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🚩⚜️Who are PIO and OCI?🚩

🚩 Session of 26/june/2023⤵️

⚜️Who are PIO and OCI?

✅There are over 30 million overseas Indians living abroad and the remittance of close to 69 billion dollars annually by overseas Indians.
They can be categorised in three broad categories - NRIs, PIOs and OCIs. A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) is a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country for six months.

✅PIOs and OCI card holders are not citizens but people who want to stay connected and involved with India more closely.
✅The PIO card was first implemented in 2002 as a benefit to foreign nationals who could establish at least a third generation tie to Indian origin.
✅The OCI card was implemented in 2005, carried more benefits than the PIO card, and is valid for the holder’s lifetime.

🚩In 2015, the PIO scheme was withdrawn by the Government of India and was merged with the OCI.

🔱Some extra information ⚜️

👉The Government of India via Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2015 merged the Person of Indian Origin (PIO) category with OCI category in 2015.

🚩Benefits to OCI Cardholders

✅OCI cardholders can enter India multiple times, get a multipurpose lifelong visa to visit India, and are exempt from registering with Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO).

✅If an individual is registered as an OCI for a period of five years, he/she is eligible to apply for Indian citizenship.

✅At all Indian international airports, OCI cardholders are provided with special immigration counters.

✅OCI cardholders can open special bank accounts in India, buy the non-farm property and exercise ownership rights and can also apply for a Permanent Account Number (PAN) card.

🚩Limitations 👉

✅OCI cardholders do not get voting rights, cannot hold a government job and purchase agricultural or farmland.

👉They cannot travel to restricted areas without government permission.

For more details please visit👉 citizenship act of 1955.

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