Assess the potential of the Indian diaspora in making India self-reliant. Also highlight the various programmes launched by the Indian government related to the Indian diaspora.
Assess the potential of the Indian diaspora in making India self-reliant. Also highlight the various programmes launched by the Indian government related to the Indian diaspora.
Indian Diaspora:
- The diaspora encompasses a group of people who can either trace their origins to India or who are Indian citizens living abroad, either temporarily or permanently.
- As per the World Migration Report 2020, India was the leading country of origin of international migrants in 2019 with a 17.5 million strong diaspora.
Potential of Indian diaspora:
1. Knowledge and expertise: Rapidly growing population of Indian Diaspora have created a mark in various walks of life such as academics, social service, medicine, business, IT etc. Thus, through dialogues and discussions, the eminent diaspora can help support the country’s endeavor to enhance its capacities in fields such as Healthcare, Research and development, Education etc.
2. Remittances aid: Remittances have played a role in poverty reduction while changing consumption behaviour in rural areas. They enable innumerable families in India to invest in education and skill development and hence generate capable human resources.
3. Strengthening the identity of Brand India: The use of made in India products by overseas Indians will increase confidence in Indian products globally. Conduct of the overseas Indians also creates an interest in Indian way and values. This can spur demand of ‘made in India’ products across the globe.
4. Facilitating entrepreneurship: Diaspora can help build transnational entrepreneurship, by supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses in India in the form of technical knowledge transfers and finances.
5. Secure Investment flows: Indian diaspora are better informed of India’s market conditions, the domestic labour and economic policies and consequently have more realistic expectations of time frames for project completions and investment returns.
6. Diaspora diplomacy: As the Indian Diaspora gains financial and political affluence abroad, they can potentially lobby their governments for stronger political and business alliances with India.
Government’s efforts towards engaging Indian Diaspora:
1. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated once in every two years to strengthen the engagement of the overseas Indian community with the Government of India and reconnect them with their roots.
2. Global Pravasi Rishta portal: It has been established for better communication with Pravasi Bhartiyas.
3. Know India Programme: of the Ministry of External Affairs is a three-week orientation programme for diaspora youth conducted with a view to promote awareness on different facets of life in India and the progress made by the country in various fields.
4. Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PKVY): It is a skill development scheme of the Ministry of External Affairs, aimed at enhancing the skill set of potential migrant workers in select sectors and job roles, in line with international standards, to facilitate overseas employment opportunities.
Conclusion:
- Thus it is clear that the support of the Indian diaspora is vital for building a New India.
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