`Paradigm shift` in PBD format |
The government of India announced a "paradigm shift" in the format of the annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), its engagement with the diaspora, with the mega jamboree to be held every alternate year and an event "focused on outcomes" to be held every other year.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is also minister of overseas Indian affairs, announced the changed format of India`s engagement with its diaspora at a press conference in New Delhi. Sushma Swaraj said that in January 2016, a much scaled-down event will be held with the participation of just 150 specially invited foreign delegates.The invited diaspora guests will be experts who would attend various sessions to brainstorm on issues, including the problem of the Indian diaspora in the Gulf, on the government`s flagship programmes like Make in India, Skill India, Digital India, and problems that Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) face. The January event will be held in the newly constructed PBD Kendra, which is ready. The minister announced that the "smaller events" of the PBD would be held in the Delhi office every alternate year, while the jamboorie ( big f air ) would be held every two years in a different state in partnership with that state government.
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