1. Sangat Darshan exclusively for hearing the problems of NRIs on 12.08.2008

The Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Sh. A.S.Pannu, IAS and Senior Superintendent of Police Jalandhar Sh. Pawan Rai, IPS held a Sangat Darshan exclusively for hearing the problems of NRIs on 12.8.2008. Sh. Kamaljit Singh Hayre President NRI Sabha Punjab, Sh. Sucha Singh Mast, PCS (Rtd.) Executive Director NRI Sabha Punjab were also present for representing the NRIs. About 17 complaints of NRIs were solved. In one case of cheating of NRI for Rs. 26 Lacs by a local person, the Senior Superintendent of Police ordered strict action by the police. The case of one NRI  from England, whose house was partly illegally occupied by a government department at Jalandhar was also taken up to insist upon the concerned authorities to vacate the house about which the NRI has already got court order. Such meetings by Deputy Commissioners/Senior Superintendents of Police for the NRI cases are being appreciated by the NRIs for the speedy disposal of their cases. In other districts also the NRI Sabha is pressing for regular such meetings according to the Punjab Government instructions already issued in June 2007 to all the Deputy Commissioners & Senior Superitendents of Police.

NRI Police Stations opened in 6 districts Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Nawanshahr, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana & Moga have started functioning. The NRI Sabha Punjab keeps close liaison with these Police Stations.

A meeting was also taken by Sh. Kamaljit Singh Hayre President NRI Sabha Punjab with the SHOs of NRI Police Stations in the month of April 2008 in which these Police Stations were opened. The difficulties being faced were also discussed and with the efforts made by the NRI Sabha by approaching the higher authorities especially in the police department, these police stations have been/are being provided with necessary infrastructure like vehicles, computers, staff. With the available facilities, the NRI Police Stations have started giving positive results. As informed by the NRI Police Stations of Hoshiarpur, Nawanshahr, Jalandhar and Kapurthala 368 complaints were received from NRIs out of which 268 stand disposed of in the months of April to July 2008. Every efforts is made to give the desired result of speedy and proper disposal of NRI complaints requiring police action.

On the initiative of NRI Sabha Punjab, the Punjab Government in the Department of NRI Affairs took up the matter with the Department of Revenue for issuing necessary instructions to all the Deputy Commissioners in the State to organize Joint Workshop/ Meetings of Police Officers and Revenue Officers including SHOs, SP/DSP, Naib Tehsildars/ Tehsildars, Additional DCs, DROs-cum-Presiding Officers of Fast Track Revenue Courts. The Financial Commissioners in the State of Punjab vide Memo No. 25/60/2008-LR-2/5606 dated 17.7.08 for organizing these workshops/ meetings so as to discuss the ways and means to have close coordination between the Revenue Department and Police Department for speedy disposal of NRI problems which generally related to land/property matters. These meetings would be very helpful in the direction of NRI welfare.

2. MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR THE NRIs

An idea to highlight the problems being faced by the NRIs and the activities of NRI Sabha struck to the mind of Sh. Kamalji Singh Hayre soon after he assumed the charge of NRI Sabha Punjab by bringing out a monthly newsletter for the NRIs and circulate to the NRIs & their representatives in abroad & India. This will also keep the NRIs in touch with the efforts made by NRI Sabha for the welfare of NRIs and for their native land. It will also give them chance to make valuable suggestions to the NRI Sabha from time to time. The first issue of monthly NRI Newsletter was released by Sh. Avinash Chander, Chief Parliamentary Secretary to Government of Punjab (Health & Family Welfare) on 14.08.2008 in the premises of NRI Sabha Office at Jalandhar.

Sh. Avinash Chander Chief Parliamentary Secretary Punjab releasing first issue of NRI Newsletter. With him Sh. Kamaljit Singh Hayre President, Sh. Parminder Singh Hayre Secretary, Sh. Jagjit Singh Sodhi President Distt. Unit Kapurthala, Smt. Harsimran Kaur Vice President, Sh. Apinder Singh Grewal President Distt Unit Ludhiana, Sh. Satvir Singh Bhinder President Distt. Unit  Patiala, Sh. RS Sohi are seen in the photograph.

On the request made by Sh. Kamaljit Singh Hayre President NRI Sabha Punjab, The Hon’ble Chief Guest assured to help in accepting the important demands of NRIs at the government level for early opening of Fast Track Judicial Courts for the NRIs, to provide grant for the construction of NRI Bhawan & for providing facilities to NRIs to make investment in the State. The President thanked him and also conveyed appreciation from the NRIs for the opening of NRI Police Stations, Fast Track Revenue Courts for NRIs and also hoped that the government will continue to take more steps for the protection of properties of NRIs and also assured further cooperation from the NRI Sabha to the government.

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