17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention to be organized from 8th to 10th January in Madhya Pradesh

Indore: The 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is being organised in Indore from tomorrow to the 10th of January in partnership with the Government of Madhya Pradesh.  

The theme of this PBD conference is "Diaspora: Reliable partners for India’s progress in Amrit Kaal".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally inaugurate the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention on January 9 while President Smt Draupadi Murmu will preside over the valedictory session and present the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan thanked the Prime Minister and said that Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention will be organized in such a way that people remember it and Pravasi Indians go back with good memories.

Over 3,500 Diaspora members from around 70 different countries have registered for the convention. The 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention is also significant because it is being organized as a physical event for the first time after a gap of four years.

The postal stamp is dedicated to the safe and



legal migration of India's Pravasi. Ministry of External Affairs had launched the "Surakshit Jayen Prashikshit Jayen" - Go Safe, Go Trained campaign.

The goal of this campaign is to raise public awareness about the importance of using safe and legal channels while traveling for overseas employment. This will enable well-informed migrants to seamlessly integrate and have a safe and productive stay abroad.

The External Affairs Ministry said that keeping in view the welfare of the emigrant workers, ECR (Emigration Clearance Required) emigrants are advised to go for overseas employment only through the eMigrate portal.

E Migrate was conceptualized to address issues faced by migrant workers by making the emigration process online and bringing all the stakeholders including Foreign Employers on one common platform.

The portal has more than two lakh foreign employers and more than two thousand five hundred registered recruitment agents. The portal also contains a list of registered and unregistered recruitment agencies.