Ministry Of Home Affairs

India slackens rules for OCI cardholders

India slackens rules for OCI cardholders

December 19, 2019

The Indian government relaxes certain OCI guidelines for reissue of passport for those below the age of 20 and above the age of 50.

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Strong laws needed to curb fraudulent NRI marriages

Strong laws needed to curb fraudulent NRI marriages

July 27, 2019

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, as many as 4,698 complaints were lodged by Indian women deserted by their NRI husbands in the last three and half years.

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Child Trafficking in West Bengal

Child Trafficking in West Bengal

August 2, 2017

What looks like a contrast of good and evil; the eastern Indian state of West Bengal that contributes to almost 45 pc of the country's child trafficking cases has also managed to rescue the most number of missing children between 2012 and 2017.

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20,000 NGO licenses cancelled in India

20,000 NGO licenses cancelled in India

December 28, 2016

A year ago, the Indian government became compulsively vigilant on foreign funds procured by Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and now, out of the 33,000 NGOs in the country, 20,000 have their licences cancelled for violation of laws.

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India relaxes vigilance on funds from US-based NGO

India relaxes vigilance on funds from US-based NGO

October 18, 2016

Although the Indian government has decided to relax its vigilance over the US-based NGO, Compassion International, in terms of disbursing funds to Indian NGOs, there is still a lot of muddy water in this foreign funded NGO-affair, giving rise to social unrest in the country.

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