The Minister of Overseas Indian
Affairs, Vyalar Ravi and Minister
of State for Women and Child
Development, Renuka Chowdhury
have agreed to set up a six-member
sub- committee to deal with
the issue of harassed wives
of NRIs and beleaguered maids
working overseas.
Nirmal Singh, Secretary, Ministry
of Overseas Indian Affairs would
head the committee, which would
draw a member each from the
Ministries of Law, Home Affairs
and Women and Child Development.
As most of the failed NRI marriages
are from Punjab, and domestic
servant related cases have their
roots in Andhra Pradesh, these
two states would also be represented
by a member each on the sub-committee.
The committee will delve into
the legal dimension of these
cases and submit its report
in a month's time. The Indian
government has taken a firm
view of these harassment cases,
and strict action is likely
to be taken.
Emigration laws could be amended,
if necessary to pre-empt insidious
intent on the part of NRIs.
The cases of affected women
married to NRIs have been a
major concern of the Ministry
of Women and Child Development,
and the number of reported cases
are as high as 30,000.
NRI husbands take refuge under
foreign laws to circumvent retribution.
Similarly, in the case of unskilled
labour working overseas, exploitation
is often due to lack of awareness
of labour laws.
The sub-committee is the first
such initiative taken by the
Indian government to bring harassment
cases to book.
Source: NRI
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