August 28, 207
By News Desk

Now NRIs in trouble can seek help from welfare centers being set up at Indian missions to provide financial, legal and medical help. Initially, there will be three such centers - in Dubai, Washington and Kuala Lumpur - and these will come into operation by October, 2007. [GOPIO ]

According to Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, cabinet approval had been granted for the center in Dubai, which would be a full-fledged one under the jurisdiction of the Indian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Washington center will cover the US and Canada, the one in Kuala Lampur will cater to Southeast Asia, while the Dubai center will serve six Gulf nations. Apart from the UAE, the other Gulf nations are Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. There are around five million Indians in the region, and many of them working as contract workers.

The spokesman said while the Dubai center would have all the three counselors, the Washington office would have only the legal and financial counselor. The Kuala Lumpur center would have the legal and medical counselors.

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