Telangana to frame policy for NRIs from the state

The Telangana Government will soon come out with a policy for the benefit of the non-resident Indians from the state, the industry and NRI affairs minister K T Rama Rao said here today.
The Government had already prepared a draft policy and it would take suggestions from experts and NRI associations at a meeting on July 16, he said.
The proposed policy aims at creating a sense of confidence among the Telangana citizens living in foreign countries and especially in the Gulf region, he said.
Rao was speaking at a meeting here where he handed over a cheque for Rs 40.15 lakh to the kin of Narasiah, a Nizamabad resident, who died in Gulf, an official release said.

He said the Government would expand the Telangana Overseas Manpower Company (TOMCOM) which facilitates legal entry into Gulf countries for the youth who seek to go there for jobs.
Rao handed over visas to 250 persons who found employment in the Gulf through TOMCOM on this occasion.
TOMCOM had entered into MoUs with five companies in Dubai for providing employment to the youth from the state.
Noting that the government would take steps to see to it that the job seekers go to Gulf countries and other foreign countries through legal means, he said employment would be provided via TOMCOM so that job frauds by agents are prevented.