A data bank on Indians abroad

New Delhi: The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) has launched an ambitious project to create a data bank of all those going abroad to ensure their well-being, a move triggered by recent incidents of attacks on Indians in Australia. The project, first of its kind, was taken up after the Ministry realised that there was no statistics available with the government to keep track of its citizens abroad to ensure their well-being and safety in view of the recent violent attacks on Indian students in Australia, reports the Indian Express.
The data bank will initially start with the student and will have all the details about them, such as the name of the city where they are residing, name of the college/university they are studying at and place of their work. “The data bank project is a very ambitious project. It is being created to keep a track and ensure well-being of our students in foreign countries,” Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said in an interview.

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