PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS
News: Prime
Minister to inaugurate Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention in Indore
What's in the news?
● Prime
Minister Narendra Modi will on January 9 inaugurated the 17th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city.
● President
of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, will be the chief
guest and the Republic of Suriname President, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, will be
the special guest of honor.
Key takeaways:
● The
theme of the PBD convention is 'Diaspora:
Reliable partners for India's progress in Amrit Kaal'.
● More
than 3,500 diaspora members from 70 countries have registered for the event,
which is being organized in the physical mode for the first time since 2019.
● The
16th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention was held in
virtual mode in 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
● Prime
Minister Modi will also inaugurate the first-ever
digital PBD exhibition on the theme ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav - Contribution of
Diaspora in Indian Freedom Struggle’ to highlight the contribution of the
diaspora freedom fighters in India’s Independence.
● A
commemorative postal stamp ‘Surakshit Jaayen, Prashikshit Jaayen’ will be
released to underline the importance of safe, legal, orderly and skilled
migration.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas:
● The
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on January
9 to mark the arrival of Mahatma
Gandhi in Mumbai from South Africa on that day in 1915.
● Since
2015, the convention has been organized every
two years to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community to the
development of the nation.
● The
Centre has organised the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention in partnership
with the Madhya Pradesh government.
● A
particular city is chosen to host the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations, by
the Ministry of External Affairs.
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2023:
● On
a concluding day, i.e., on January 10, 2023, President Droupadi Murmu will
confer the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2023 and preside over the
valedictory session.
● It
is pertinent to note that the government recently announced 27 Indians living
overseas for the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards (PBSA).
Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas:
● On
January 8, Union ministers S Jaishankar and Anurag Thakur had addressed the
Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas programme held as part of the PBD convention.
● The
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
organized the event in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh government.
● Australia's
Member of Parliament Zaneta Mascarenhas was the guest of honor at the event.
Go back to basics:
● India
has the largest diaspora population
in the world with 18 million people from the country living outside their
homeland in 2020, according to the 'International
Migration 2020 Highlights' report by the UN, which says UAE, the US and
Saudi Arabia host the largest number of migrants from India.
● India's
large diaspora is distributed across the United
Arab Emirates (3.5 million), the United States of America (2.7 million) and
Saudi Arabia (2.5 million).
● According
to a World Bank Report, India received approximately 87 billion dollars in remittances in 2021 with the USA being the
biggest source, accounting for over 20% of these funds.